News, guides, and engineering deep dives.
News, guides, and engineering deep dives on Kafka, Flink, Iceberg, and real-time data.
Join the conversation: Factor House launches open Slack for the real-time data community
Factor House has opened a public Slack for anyone working with streaming data, from seasoned engineers to newcomers exploring real-time systems. This space offers faster peer-to-peer support, open discussion across the ecosystem, and a friendly on-ramp for those just getting started.
Kafka 4.1 Release: Queues, Stream Groups, and More
Apache Kafka 4.1 has landed: with queue support in preview, improved Kafka Streams coordination, and new security and metrics features, this release marks a major milestone for the future of real-time data systems.
Apache Kafka 3.2.0: Idempotent Producer Breaking Change
Apache Kafka KIP-679 changes the behaviour of default Producer configuration to enable idempotence by default. This change can cause message production to fail after updating to the 3.2.0 kafka-client libraries.
Operatr.IO has a new name: Meet Factor House
Meet Factor House, we build Kpow for Apache Kafka
Our Commitment to Engineers
With our funding announcement and the upcoming launch of the Factor Platform, we know some of our existing customers might be wondering: What does this mean for Kpow and Flex? Will we be forced to upgrade? Will prices spike? Keep one thing in mind - at Factor House we're here for engineers.
Melbourne Kafka x Flink July Meetup Recap: Real-time Data Hosted by Factor House & Confluent
From structuring data streams to spinning up full pipelines locally, our latest Kafka x Flink meetup in Melbourne was packed with hands-on demos and real-time insights. Catch the highlights and what's next.
Updates to container specifics (DockerHub and Helm Charts)
Discover how our 94.1 release has streamlined DockerHub, Helm Charts, and AWS Marketplace deployments!
Web Accessibility at Factor House
How do skateboards and green suns drive web accessibility at Factor House? Learn why building accessible products is important to us, and how we've changed to ensure that accessibility is embedded in our development process.
Set Up Kpow with NetApp Instaclustr Platform
Integrate Kpow with Instaclustr in minutes. Gain unified visibility and control over your managed Kafka brokers, Karapace Schema Registry, and Kafka Connect through our market-leading engineering toolkit.