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Apache Kafka is mission-critical for many organizations—but where you deploy it matters just as much as how you use it. In this video, two OpenLogic experts discuss why they increasingly encourage customers to move their Kafka clusters to Kubernetes and utilize the Strimzi operator, and what that shift unlocks from an operational, scalability, and resilience standpoint.

Kafka is powerful—but common Kafka mistakes can quietly undermine performance, reliability, and scalability. In this video, two OpenLogic experts break down the most frequent Kafka anti-patterns they see in real customer environments—and how to avoid them. Based on hands-on experience fixing production Kafka clusters, this discussion covers: If you’re running Apache Kafka in production—or planning to—this video will help you spot Kafka mistakes early and apply proven best practices to build a more stable, scalable event streaming platform.

Express Scripts by Evernorth — a health services company serving 180 million members and processing 1.4 billion prescriptions annually — faced long lead times for HIPAA-compliant data. Its software engineering, data scientist, and machine learning teams needed fresh, readily available data, but the original system Express Script used took two weeks for its refresh masking cycle.

In this episode, Jase chats with Matthew Swanton, Virtual Production Unreal Engine Supervisor at PXO Clara who pulls back the curtain on what really happens when you're trying to deliver final pixels on a film set where every minute costs thousands of dollars. Here's what you'll learn: This isn't your typical "virtual production is magic" interview. It's the real story of innovation, collaboration, and scrappy solutions that make cutting-edge technology actually work in production.

In this video, Adam Culp, Manager of Professional Services at Perforce Zend, explains why validating your skills via a PHP certification can be an essential investment for modern developers and organizations. Earning a PHP certification (such as the Zend PHP Certification) can help ensure that you and your team are aligned with industry standards and capable of delivering reliable, high-quality code. The exam covers critical topics through PHP 8.4, including object-oriented programming, security, and error handling.