Robin Moffatt is a Principal DevEx Engineer and seasoned conference speaker with 15+ years of experience presenting at top events like QCon, Devoxx, Kafka Summit, and Strata. He shares insights on developer experience, distributed systems, and cloud technologies through his blog, YouTube, and public talks.
617 articles from this blog
Overview of methods and tools for streaming data changes from Oracle databases into Apache Kafka, including CDC options.
A developer shares his personal setup and experience using an iPad Pro, Apple Pencil, and Apple Keyboard for work tasks like note-taking, presentations, and content creation.
A guide to creating hand-drawn style technical diagrams using an iPad Pro, Apple Pencil, and the Paper app, with workflow tips.
Guide to installing and running the mtr network diagnostic tool on macOS using Homebrew and symbolic links.
Useful command-line snippets for managing Kafka Connect connectors via its REST API, including listing and deleting connectors.
Fixing a Docker Compose interpolation error by escaping the $ character in a multi-line command.
Using KSQL to flatten nested CDC data from Kafka for use with the JDBC Sink connector.
A tutorial on using jmxterm to connect to and inspect JMX MBeans, specifically for monitoring Apache Kafka and KSQL metrics.
Guide on configuring JMX metrics access for Apache Kafka and related services running in Docker containers from the host machine.
A technical guide on using kafkacat to send multiline messages to Apache Kafka topics with custom delimiters.
Explains changes to window timestamp handling in KSQL aggregations and how to integrate them with Elasticsearch for visualization.
A developer shares their upcoming speaking schedule for tech conferences and meetups in late 2018, focusing on Kafka, Java, and JVM topics.
Explains Kafka listeners and advertised.listeners configuration for client connectivity in Docker and AWS environments.
A guide to using Pygments and command-line tools to generate syntax-highlighted code for presentations in Keynote or PowerPoint.
A technical tutorial on using Apache Kafka, KSQL, and Elasticsearch to analyze network event data, detect anomalies, and set up automated alerts.
A technical guide on using diff and patch commands to recursively apply configuration changes between software versions.
Solutions for handling Oracle NUMBER and TIMESTAMP data types in Kafka Connect JDBC Connector, including configuration and SQL casting.
Explains the timestamp requirement for stream-table joins in KSQL, where table messages must exist before stream events for a successful join.
A tutorial on using Mockaroo and kafkacat to generate and load realistic test data into Apache Kafka topics for development and testing.
A technical guide on configuring MongoDB replication and using Debezium to stream database changes into Apache Kafka.
