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Presenters Somtochi Onyekwere Source InfoQ podcast Level Up Your Distributed Systems: Why Fly.io is Betting on Speed with corrosion and CRDTs! 🚀 Hey tech enthusiasts! Ever found yourself staring at a loading spinner, wishing your global application data could just… be there? You’re not alone! The world of distributed systems is constantly evolving, balancing the need for data consistency with the ever-present demand for blazing-fast performance. Recently, Sini Pinchala, InfoQ’s lead editor for the AIML and data engineering community, sat down with Samtochi, a brilliant software engineer from Fly.io, to dive deep into these very challenges and unveil some exciting advancements. Their discussion revolved around Fly.io’s innovative open-source distributed system, corrosion, and its fascinating reliance on eventual consistency and Conflict-Free Replicated Data Types (CRDTs). Get ready to have your mind expanded! ✨ ...

Presenters Charles Huyghe Source apidays Paris 2025 🚀 Navigating the Integration Evolution: How to Prepare for AI-Powered Architectures 💡 The buzz around AI is undeniable. But before we can truly leverage its power, many organizations face a critical hurdle: integration. Charles, a seasoned integration expert, recently shared some invaluable insights on this journey at a recent tech conference, outlining the challenges and providing a practical roadmap for transitioning from legacy systems to modern, AI-ready architectures. Let’s dive in! ...

Presenters Naresh Jain Source apidays Paris 2025 🚀 Taming the Lambda Beast: How Async API and Specmatic Can Save Your Kafka Data Pipelines 🛠️ Let’s face it: building and maintaining complex data pipelines, especially those leveraging Kafka and Lambda functions, can feel like wrangling a hydra. You add one function, and two more pop up with potential integration issues! Many companies find themselves managing a staggering 30-35 Lambda functions within their data pipelines – a recipe for debugging nightmares. Ever spent hours chasing a single error message that bounces around through multiple functions, developed by different teams, with no clear point of origin? Yeah, we’ve all been there. ...

Presenters Radhouane Jrad Source apidays Paris 2025 🚀 Reality Check: Navigating the AI Hype and Building Grounded Solutions 💡 The AI revolution is here, but is it living up to the hype? At a recent tech conference, seasoned technical analyst Red Radhouane delivered a refreshing dose of realism, urging us to move beyond the buzzwords and focus on practical, sustainable AI implementation. Forget the “spaghetti on the wall” approach – it’s time to build AI solutions that actually deliver value. Let’s dive into the key takeaways! ...

Presenters Ahmet Soormally Source apidays Paris 2025 🚀 GraphQL, LLMs, and MCP: Supercharging Your AI-Powered APIs ✨ The future of AI is here, and it’s powered by Large Language Models (LLMs). But connecting these powerful models to your existing systems isn’t as straightforward as you might think. At a recent presentation, Alex Somali, Principal Solutions Engineer at Wonderraph, laid out a compelling case for a powerful combination: GraphQL, LLMs, and Model Context Protocol (MCPs). Let’s dive in and see how this trio can unlock a new level of AI-powered API capabilities. ...