Josep Prat

screenshot from an online job application form. the question reads "Can you describe specific ways you have integrated AI tools into your development workflow? Please include any custom setups, automations, or use cases beyond single prompt usage" (a red asterisk indicates that this is a required question). an answer has been typed in the textbox below the question: "there is a monster in the forest and it speaks with a thousand voices. it will answer any question you pose it, it will offer insight to any idea. it will help you, it will thank you, it will never bid you leave. it will even tell you of the darkest arts, if you know precisely how to ask. it feels no joy and no sorrow, it knows no right and no wrong. it knows not truth from lie, though it speaks them all the same. it offers its services freely to any passerby, and many will tell you they find great value in its conversation. “you simply must visit the monster—i always just ask the monster.” there are those who know these forests well; they will tell you that freely offered doesn’t mean it has no price for when the next traveler passes by, the monster speaks with a thousand and one voices. and when you dream you see the monster; the monster wears your face."

applying for jobs again

05.05.2025 14:03 — 👍 20932    🔁 8149    💬 152    📌 193

Curious to learn more? Think of this as your hitchhiker’s guide to Diskless Topics! 🚀Over on the Aiven's blog, Filip Yonov and I break down the individual KIPs and explore what this new feature means for Kafka, how it works, and why it matters. 👉 aiven.io/blog/guide-d... 2/2

25.04.2025 17:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

If you’ve been following the latest in Apache Kafka, you might’ve seen our recent proposal: KIP-1150 – Diskless Topics.
But KIP-1150 isn’t just a single proposal—it’s a whole series of KIPs, each tackling a different aspect of the feature.
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25.04.2025 17:13 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I hereby coin Prat's Law: "If a process can turn evil, it will eventually do so."

10.02.2025 20:36 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

16 Ways Tiered Storage Makes Apache Kafka® Simpler, Better, and Cheaper See how KIP-405 alleviates a plethora of common Apache Kafka problems by reducing local broker data all while making it cheaper, faster, and easier to use.

16 Ways Tiered Storage Makes Apache Kafka Simpler, Better, and Cheaper
aiven.io/blog/16-ways...
#streaming #apacheKafka #tieredStorage

10.02.2025 08:41 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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10.02.2025 08:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Fostering Open Source Culture, Because Open Source doesn't simply happen! I'm really excited about the new book from @arungupta.bsky.social, when he reached out to me to talk about how Aiven does Open Source, I immediately said yes! 1/2

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