Will LaForest 🇺🇦

Data nerd, silo smasher, destroyer of legacy. I also love kittens.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

John McCain and I didn’t always agree, but he understood that some values transcended parties. He knew that if we got in the habit of bending the truth to suit political expediency or party orthodoxy, our democracy will not work.

John McCain had character. That’s what I think about so much these days because it’s so different from what we see out of the Republican nominee.

[Matthias J. Sax 🦦 @MatthiasJSax]

One of the most exciting @kafkastreams KIPs ever!

[The New Stack @thenewstack]

Building Trust in AI Means Building Trust in Data https://t.co/bSjxZJbeW3 via @confluentinc by @WLaForest

[Will LaForest 🇺🇦 @WLaForest]

@aebadirad @FreddysUSA Bingo

[Will LaForest 🇺🇦 @WLaForest]

Ready for lunch at @FreddysUSA! Question is, who will eat the most custard. It’s not the one you think!

[Jay Kreps @jaykreps]

Kafka meets Iceberg in Confluent Cloud

[softwareinblue @softwareinblue]

In episode 27 @ctindel and @smayzak talk to @WLaForest, Field CTO @confluentinc about his journey in the data space, working previously at @MarkLogic, @MongoDB, and @RedHat. Will also opines on why people love Kafka still and don't want to get rid of it.

https://t.co/YG4nxAaDuB

[Matthias J. Sax 🦦 @MatthiasJSax]

Seems @kafkastreams is on 🔥 recently!

- KIP-960: IQ for versioned-stores
- KIP-955: stream-table FK-join (🤔)
- KIP-954: custom stores for DSL default store config
- KIP-941: allow `null` for IQ range queries
- KIP-892: TX stores
- KIP-759: repartition canceling

Way to go!

[Confluent @confluentinc]

Meetup Alert! 👉 Join @WLaForest and @jeff_blaisdell in Minneapolis on Tuesday July 25th as they explore #ApacheKafka tuning for low-latency and building a dynamic rules engine with Kafka Streams.
Sign up here ➡️https://t.co/jvI9QPXPqO

[The New Stack @thenewstack]

Q&A—How Wealthsimple Builds API Financial Solutions with Confluent https://t.co/KQ42z2vxPk via @confluentinc by @WLaForest

[Jack Vanlightly @vanlightly]

Redpanda bring out benchmark after benchmark claiming performance superiority over Apache Kafka. I decided to run my own tests to see if any of it was true.
https://t.co/hb8euOGYmB

[Sky Sports Premier League @SkySportsPL]

Gary Neville's combined Man United 99' and Man City 23' team.

Not a Manchester City player in sight 😅❌

[Will LaForest 🇺🇦 @WLaForest]

@Inside_Lacrosse @ThePlayersAcad @TigerLacrosse @UVAMensLax @OhioStateMLAX @TerrierMLAX Dickson because of strength of opponent

[Confluent @confluentinc]

After the Keynote, we had several fireside chats with our awesome customers. Brandon Brown from @security_score joined us to share his advice for people just getting started with #datastreaming. 👇 #DataInMotionTour

[Will LaForest 🇺🇦 @WLaForest]

@mjasay People who have not seen what goes into running a durable fully managed service can’t. Then companies like Snowflake, MongoDB and @confluentinc have to do this across multiple CSPs.

[Will LaForest 🇺🇦 @WLaForest]

Companies must compete on their ability to fully maximize the value of their data. It's the economic principle of create destruction playing out in modern times. The question is who will rise from the destruction? #datainnovation #datamesh #kafka https://t.co/HRfZ17X9eP

[Will LaForest 🇺🇦 @WLaForest]

Thank you @SenatorSinema (@kyrstensinema) for taking the bold step of going independent. The number 1 thing we can do to help American democracy is to break this stupid 2 party system. Wish more politicians would be this brave. #twopartiesisstupid

[Will LaForest 🇺🇦 @WLaForest]

@FOXSoccer nope

[Will LaForest 🇺🇦 @WLaForest]

Disgusted w/ @FIFAWorldCup. Pathetic they are preventing "one love" armbands, & won't even let Belgium wear shirts with "love" stitched on the collar. No spine by national federations as well. I will not watch 1 match. This whole world cup is a disgrace. #BoycottQatar2022

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Just now: Security guard refusing to let me into the stadium for USA-Wales. “You have to change your shirt. It’s not allowed.”