Timo Walther

PMC @ApacheFlink
Principal Software Engineer @ConfluentInc

Making stream processing for everyone.

[Timo Walther @twalthr]

I have exciting news to share 🥳
#ApacheKafka + #ApacheFlink = ❤️
#Confluent + #Immerok = ❤️
…with joint forces towards stream processing for everyone.

[Confluent @confluentinc]

🎉 We’re excited to share our intent to acquire @Immerokcom!
Together, we’ll build a cloud-native service for @apacheflink that delivers the same simplicity, security, & scalability that you expect from Confluent for Kafka.
Learn more → https://t.co/49h9maz1pT

[Timo Walther @twalthr]

I finally started my engineering blog on Medium about what we build at @ConfluentInc. @ApacheFlink and #FlinkSQL at the core, a ton of abstractions around it for more productivity.
Let me start simple by creating some tables ✌🏻

https://t.co/makiy5Rppf

[Timo Walther @twalthr]

@danny_chan_ @ApacheFlink @confluentinc Being „on cloud“ and „cloud-native“ are big differences. I also had to learn this in the past 2 years 🙈

[Timo Walther @twalthr]

🧨 The first cloud-native @ApacheFlink offering for all major clouds is now generally available 🥳
Creating real-time production pipelines will become easier every day across #AWS, #Azure and #GCP 🌤️. Strongly coupled with #ApacheKafka in @ConfluentInc Cloud💪

[Timo Walther @twalthr]

and yes: the commit is still as complex as it was back then 😄

[Timo Walther @twalthr]

Today is a very special day for me 🥲 - celebrating my 10-year @ApacheFlink anniversary 🐿️
Ten years ago, I made my first commit.
Thanks to everyone who has accompanied me on this journey! Impossible to list all the great people that were part of it ❤️
https://t.co/5eybycpC57

[Timo Walther @twalthr]

Hey @ApacheFlink people, little reminder: The CfP for #KafkaSummitLondon2024 will close today! This time with a dedicated track for non-Kafka talks:
https://t.co/eBeR7YOr77

[Asterios Katsifodimos @kAsterios]

Took >3 years with @MarioFragkoulis, @SenorCarbone & @vkalavri to write a survey on the evolution of streaming systems in the last 20 years (@VLDBconf J.).

Looking for a single point of reference for all things streaming systems research? It’s here:
https://t.co/YwGD9ZZPCa

[Timo Walther @twalthr]

🐿️ #FlinkSQL will get new syntax in the CREATE TABLE statement.
The @ApacheFlink community just approved the new DISTRIBUTED BY clause. Connectors that support the concept of bucketing can use this starting with Flink 1.19.
https://t.co/NI86tho7II

[David Moravek @davidmoravek]

Flying back home from #Current23

What an inspiring event, full of great people, talks and projects. 😍

We also did a short trip to Lake Tahoe with @twalthr. The Desolation Wilderness is just mind-blowing. One of the most beautiful places I’ve been to so far. 🤯

[Timo Walther @twalthr]

I haven‘t posted much lately, but now you might understand: We were busy building a #cloudnative @ApacheFlink service 🙂
Try it out NOW! 🐿️
#Current23
https://t.co/8DVW2rDTYQ

[Confluent @confluentinc]

⚡ Don’t miss @ApacheFlink Power Hour at #Current23! ⚡

Join us on 9/26 at 4:00 PM PT for 3 back-to-back talks

1️⃣ The Flink Table API with @twalthr

2️⃣ An Overview of Flink SQL Joins with @alpinegizmo

3️⃣ The AdaptiveScheduler, a New Default for Streaming with @davidmoravek

[Paul Graham @paulg]

Trees make towns look rich, and towns that look rich become rich.

[Apache Flink @ApacheFlink]

#ApacheFlink has won the 2023 SIGMOD Systems Award!!

"Apache Flink greatly expanded the use of stream data-processing."

Thanks the over 1,400 contributors and many others who contributed in ways beyond code.

https://t.co/V7XEsku5jf

[Timo Walther @twalthr]

Awesome work @uckamello. Can‘t wait to enable new features on the Flink side 🥳

[Sergey Nuyanzin @uckamello]

@ApacheCalcite upgrade story in @ApacheFlink being continued.
In Flink 1.17.x there were 1.27✅, 1.28✅, 1.29✅.
In coming 1.18.x #FlinkSQL there will be another major upgrade: 1.30✅, 1.31✅, 1.32⏳...
Feedback is highly appreciated if we unintentionally broke something. 🙏

[Timo Walther @twalthr]

The #SQL standard might be an old lady, but the diff for SQL:2023 shows how active the industry is.
Very nice blog post by @petereisentraut:
https://t.co/z5PqHfdDUo

[Timo Walther @twalthr]

@YingjunWu @duckdb @motherduck @PuffinDB @BoilingData @RillData Maybe because of the fancy name and supporters that wear a duck costume on stage? 🙃
https://t.co/Aq4C6Q9sEz

[Rick Lamers @ricklamers]

Only at @DataCouncilAI @motherduck 🐥

[Timo Walther @twalthr]

Source: https://t.co/mdlhAqOD84

[Timo Walther @twalthr]

People working with #Data might know how valuable this is: @ApacheFlink receives the @SIGMOD Systems Award 2023! 🥳
It's an honor to be part of of this amazing community for so many years. Thanks to all the individuals who have dedicated their time to this project! 👏🐿️

[Leonard Xu @Leonardxbj]

Awesome work, Congratulations! @ApacheFlink
https://t.co/VeNPQUNhnE

[Danica Fine @TheDanicaFine]

#streamingselfie with the resident #apacheFlink experts at #kafkaSummit! Wahoo! They’ll be here all day—come have a chat with them.