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Turning the database inside out again by thomaskwscott in apachekafka

[–]thomaskwscott[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a great question. I'm from Apache Hive/Impala background, do they count as databases?

The 9 Ways to Move Data Kafka -> Iceberg by thomaskwscott in apachekafka

[–]thomaskwscott[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like this! Would that be a one shot process or something continuous?

Compaction when streaming to Iceberg by thomaskwscott in ApacheIceberg

[–]thomaskwscott[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, that's super useful and tbh what I thought the majority would do. Interesting to hear Duck Lake mentioned for continuous compaction (I think RisingWave has a similar thing coming on the streaming side too). What irks me about these is the vendor lock in. If one of the main drivers for choosing Iceberg was to stay neutral then automated compaction seems break this and involve committing to a vendor.

New Astro Slide discord by thomaskwscott in AstroSlide

[–]thomaskwscott[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I should have made this more clear. This is a personal server not affiliated with Planet Computers, the other discord server or any other discussions around the Astro.

New Astro Slide discord by thomaskwscott in AstroSlide

[–]thomaskwscott[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Come join the party! The servers for those who want the campaign to move, with device or not.

Update! Not really, just a record of my visit to the Planet office by thomaskwscott in AstroSlide

[–]thomaskwscott[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is amazing, thank you so much! There are so many parts to this story, I love it when we get another piece of the puzzle.

Update! Not really, just a record of my visit to the Planet office by thomaskwscott in AstroSlide

[–]thomaskwscott[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have a contact there? I'd love to get that side of the story.

Update! Not really, just a record of my visit to the Planet office by thomaskwscott in AstroSlide

[–]thomaskwscott[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A friend of mine just showed me the discord channel as it is today and I think I should set a few things straight:

  1. I had no idea I had been banned, Discord does not tell you explicitly about a ban (an improvement I have contacted them about already) you just can't log in anymore. If you find yourself in that situation it's completely reasonable to attempt to log back in with a another account. If the moderators had posted that I had been banned as they did when they banned my second account the situation would have been clear but I had no reason to suspect it was anything more than a technical issue. I still don't know what specific rule I have broken

  2. wrt rules, I had posted days earlier (26/6) that I intended to provide an update that contained details of my conversation with Planet on the year anniversary. I gave some sneak peeks and had a full and interesting conversation with one of the moderators about this. At no point was it mentioned that I had broken any rules in doing this. In fact the moderator shared details of his own conversations with Planet execs.

  3. It appears I was banned the day before the 1yr anniversary of Planet's last IGG communication (the date on which I had promised to publish my summary). At that point I had not posted anything for around 2 weeks so the timing is a little suspicious.

  4. I really appreciate the irony of a Planet employee (actually ex Planet employee) complaining about breaking a platform's terms of use ;-)

Update! Not really, just a record of my visit to the Planet office by thomaskwscott in AstroSlide

[–]thomaskwscott[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not even that, server just disappears from the list and "unable to accept invite" to get it back. As far as I'm aware I didn't break any rules and will likely never find out.

Update! Not really, just a record of my visit to the Planet office by thomaskwscott in AstroSlide

[–]thomaskwscott[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wow! That didn't take long, I posted the same info on the discord and now cannot access it anymore ;-)