Technical Product Marketing @ EDB. Technologist, writer, and conference speaker on data and AI.

Manchester, UK
Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Data and AI in 2025: Looking Beyond the Hype linkedin.com/pulse/data-ai-2โ€ฆ via @LinkedIn
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Iceberg is everywhere, putting pressure on data professionals to catch up. I created a 7-week study guide to get started with Apache Iceberg essentials. Let me know how you liked it or anything that I missed. open.substack.com/pub/tributโ€ฆ
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Just blogged: The Great Shift Left: Embracing the Shift Left Data Architecture open.substack.com/pub/tributโ€ฆ
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What do a billion rows of code, music, cake and smart homes all have in common? They were all topics on the Mind the Geek track at Devoxx UK. Watch these talks on our YouTube channel piped.video/DevoxxUK ๐Ÿ”ธ Game, Set, Match: Transforming Live Sports with AI-Driven Commentary by @markhneedham and @dunithd ๐Ÿ”ธ Highscores: A History of Computer-Programmed Music by Anders Norรฅs ๐Ÿ”ธ Is it (F)ake?! Image Classification with TensorFlow.js By @CarlyLRichmond ๐Ÿ”ธ Mayday Mark 2! More Software Lessons From Aviation Disasters. by @iam_carpenter ๐Ÿ”ธ Pushing Java to the Limits: Processing a Billion Rows in under 2 Seconds by @royvanrijn ๐Ÿ”ธ Six things we learned implementing Rockstar on Quarkus by @holly_cummins and @hannotify ๐Ÿ”ธ The smart home you didnโ€™t know you have by @cesarTronLozai and David Sheldon ๐Ÿ”ธ What if you could just draw what you want? by @TodePond #Devoxx #DevoxxUK #Coding #Java #Programming
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The fastest data hustlers in town. Join us tonight.
๐Ÿ“ฃ LAST CALL: @ClickHouseDB meetup in #London Join @dunithd and the savviest of #streamingdata experts from ClickHouse and @Cloudflare! From inspiring talks and networking to coffee and nibbles, it's the perfect way to liven up your Wednesday evening โ˜• Meet us at: ๐Ÿ—“ Wednesday, June 19th ๐Ÿ•ก 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM BST ๐Ÿ“ Shepherdess Walk, #London Sign up here๐Ÿ‘‡ meetup.com/clickhouse-londonโ€ฆ
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Dunith Danushka ๐Ÿฅ‘๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ retweeted
๐Ÿ“ฃ LONDON CALLING ALL #STREAMINGDATA FANS Come join the @ClickHouseDB meetup where you'll hear from our very own @dunithd along with an eclectic mix of #data-savvy experts. Here's what you need to know: ๐Ÿ’ฌ THE TALK: Game, Set, Match: Transforming Live Sports with AI-Driven Commentary ๐Ÿ•ข WHEN: 19:30 - 20:00 BST ๐Ÿ“ WHERE: Shepherdess Walk, #London There'll also be networking, nibbles and even a few surprises โ€” so make sure to stick around! ๐Ÿ˜‰ meetup.com/clickhouse-londonโ€ฆ
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Dunith Danushka ๐Ÿฅ‘๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ retweeted
I knew it was gonna be good, but last night's #apacheKafka meetup in #frankfurt was actually incredible. An engaged community, great networking, and a fantastic space with a wonderful host makes for the best event. Thanks to @ThinkportGmbH for hosting!
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The docs team at @redpandadata did a fabulous job of adding the "Ask AI" feature to docs. It allows you to ask specific questions about the product and get the most relevant answers tailored to your context. Give it a try today docs.redpanda.com/
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Dunith Danushka ๐Ÿฅ‘๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ retweeted
Interested in how #WebAssembly will change the way to do you thing about processing streaming pipelines? Don't forget to come to my session! We might have time for a super quick demo! eu.communityovercode.org/sesโ€ฆ #CommunityOverCode #wasm @redpandadata
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Dunith Danushka ๐Ÿฅ‘๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ retweeted
๐ŸŽ‰ ๐ŸŽ‰ ๐ŸŽ‰ Announcing Redpanda Connect ๐ŸŽ‰ ๐ŸŽ‰ ๐ŸŽ‰ - A Better Way to Build Connectors! Written in Go, it's super lightweight and incredibly easy to get started. @redpandadata #benthos #kafka #kafkaconnect
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Dunith Danushka ๐Ÿฅ‘๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ retweeted
Watch this session by @tmgstevens from @redpandadata where he teaches us how WebAssembly can be used to write stateless data transforms in a streaming data architecture, reducing time and simplifying the overall developer experience. Watch now @ devoxx.co.uk/talk/?id=52103
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In this blog, I present a reference architecture for real-time API call volume tracking with Apache APISIX, Redpanda, and Apache Pinot
In this article, @dunithd shows how to design a real-time analytics pipeline for tracking API invocation usage with Apache APISIX, Redpanda, and Apache Pinot buff.ly/3yzX5rO
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This week's sketch note discusses how streaming data platforms like Apache Kafka and Redpanda implement tiered storage. Check the comment thread ๐Ÿ‘‡
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What if we could archive older, closed log segments into secondary storage? That's the idea behind Kafka's Tiered Storage feature.
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To wrap up, let's discuss potential use cases and the benefits of using tiered storage with Kafka.
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