Why Snowflake wants streaming — Jack Vanlightly Rumors are swirling that Snowflake intends to acquire Redpanda and many are questioning why and what impact this might have on Confluent. First, let’s remember that these are just rumors and there’s...

Speculation is growing that Snowflake is planning to acquire Redpanda—but why? What justifies the rumored high price tag? When you consider market trends, the Snowflake vs. Databricks rivalry, and the AI shift, the rationale starts to become clear. Here’s my take. jack-vanlightly.com/blog/2025/2/...

Is it good? Was hoping to get back to the old Twitter where there were good links and smart people and not so much MAGA stuff. Seems like this is kind of like that but with fewer people…