Kafka in-cluster replication won't save you from a regional outage. You need a battle-tested Multi-Region strategy.
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Attention, Scalarians!
Are you ready for the 2026 edition of the @scalar-conf.com?
The favourite gathering of Scala professionals & enthusiasts is coming to Warsaw on 26-27 March!
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Is your Kafka lag dashboard lying? Learn how log compaction and retention silently manipulate reported timestamps and how to ensure your monitoring reflects actual system performance.
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A major investment bank’s large Scala monorepo caused developers to spend excessive time waiting for IntelliJ to complete indexing.
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Only 2 weeks until Rustikon! 🔥
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Discover some of the libraries that unleash Kotlin’s power on the backend. Want a deeper dive into how these frameworks work? Check out our full breakdown here: softwaremill.com/7-kotlin-lib...
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Apache Kafka 4.2.0 is here. The headliner? Queues for Kafka (KIP-932) is officially GA. But there is much more!
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There are patterns that make Rust shine. We will go through the most useful Rust design patterns and idioms, learning how to make high quality codebase. Read about all of that here:
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At SoftwareMill, we’ve officially partnered with Aikido Security to provide our clients, especially those in the financial sector, with a superior defense strategy. See how we’re redefining security together. 👇
Rustikon is getting closer! Have you seen the agenda yet?
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Learn Kafka essentials from a Confluent Elite Partner 💪
There’s plenty of theory out there, but nothing beats production experience. We’ve seen exactly what works and what breaks in high-scale data streaming environments.
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We’re back for the 17th edition of WSUG with two great technical talks, a friendly atmosphere, and delicious snacks and beverages.
📅 When: Tuesday, Feb 24 (6:00 to 8:00 PM CET)
📍 Where: Hard Rock Cafe Wrocław (ul. Rynek 25)
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What JDK 26 brings to Project Leyden? 💡
In his latest article, Michał Zyga explains the specific problems this feature addresses. 🔗 You can read it here: softwaremill.com/project-leyd...
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How do you define scale‑up? 🤔
In the latest episode of #BeyondTheCommit, Ed Addario, CTO at Kuda, breaks down what it takes to stay hands‑on, evaluate AI by real outcomes, and build teams that can innovate and grow with intent.
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If #Scala feels as natural to you 🫵 as it does to us, you might have just found your place.
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The beloved @scalar-conf.com is just around the corner!
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See you in March in Warsaw!
Beyond the Commit is live again! 🎧
Paweł Dolega talks with Ed Addario, CTO at Kuda - a seasoned technologist whose passion began at age 11 with a TRS‑80 and evolved into a career spanning mobile, cloud, AI, and over 15 years in FinTech.
🔗 Watch the latest episode here: youtube.com/watch?v=53qZ...
Dear Partners, thank you for your trust 🤗
We are deeply humbled by the 100% response rate from all 19 of our active clients. To us, that level of engagement is a powerful reminder of the time and trust you invest in our relationship.
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🚀 Beyond the Commit is back! Tomorrow we’re releasing episode 4. Here’s a quick teaser.
Pawel Dolega talks with Ed Addario, CTO at Kuda, about staying hands‑on, building teams that enable real experimentation, and moving from startup to scaleup.
🎧 Stay tuned!
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Becoming a Confluent Elite Partner is an important milestone for SoftwareMill.
We are one of the few companies in Europe and the only one in Poland to hold this title.
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By building a strong partner network that includes Aikido Security, we’re ready to help you implement security-first, end-to-end solutions to keep your business resilient.
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Our skills and knowledge constantly grow! 🚀
Here are some recent achievements of our experts: Michał Zyga, Krzysztof Atłasik, Dawid Popczyk, Paweł Stępniewski, and Michał Ossowski - congratulations on your new certificates!
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Hey Cracow! 👋 Ready for January 26th?
This one’s worth showing up for! Great people, great conversations, and a perfect way to kick off the year.
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Financial platforms rarely fail because of missing features. They fail because their systems cannot scale, evolve, or react fast enough to reality. See how Apache Kafka solves 7 real problems of financial institutions:
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Łukasz Lenart, our Staff Software Engineer, shares his journey into agentic coding - a hands‑on look at how this shift is reshaping the way we build software.
Join him on this path and explore what agentic coding can unlock for your workflow. Read the full story on our blog.
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Kotlin 2.3.0 just dropped! 💎 From nested type aliases to smarter exhaustiveness checks for when expressions, the latest version is a major win for code readability. Find out more:
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