The Quix blog
Industry insights
May 30, 2023
The Stream — May 2023 edition
A monthly round-up of the most interesting news coming out of the stream processing ecosystem
Industry insights
May 24, 2023
Bridging the gap between data scientists and engineers in machine learning workflows
Moving code from prototype to production can be tricky—especially for data scientists. There are many challenges in deploying code that needs to calculate features for ML models in real-time. I look at potential solutions to ease the friction.
Ecosystem
May 24, 2023
The drawbacks of ksqlDB in machine learning workflows
Using ksqlDB for real-time feature transformations isn't as easy as it looks. I revisit the strategy to democratize stream processing and examine what's still missing.
Industry insights
Apr 28, 2023
The Stream — April 2023 edition
A monthly round-up of the most interesting news coming out of the stream processing ecosystem
Tutorials
Apr 26, 2023
A practical introduction to stream reprocessing in Python
Learn how to reprocess a stream of data with the Quix Streams Python library and Apache Kafka. You'll ingest some GPS telemetry data into a topic and replay the stream to try out different distance calculation methods.
Ecosystem
Apr 20, 2023
Quix as an Apache Flink alternative: a side-by-side comparison
Explore the differences between Quix and Apache Flink and find out when it's better to use Quix as a Flink alternative. If you’re searching for Apache Flink alternatives, this guide offers a detailed, fair comparison to help you make an informed decision.
Ecosystem
Apr 12, 2023
Kinesis vs Kafka - A comparison of streaming data platforms
A comparison of Apache Kafka & Amazon Kinesis covering operational attributes, pricing and time to production, highlighting their key differences and use cases
Industry insights
Mar 31, 2023
The Stream — March 2023 edition
A monthly round-up of the most interesting news coming out of the stream processing ecosystem
Use Cases
Mar 28, 2023
Exploring real-time and batch analytics for e-bike telemetry with Quix and AWS
How Brompton's experiments with Quix and AWS technology are paving the way for an enhanced e-bike riding experience.
Tutorials
Mar 8, 2023
How to use gzip data compression with Apache Kafka and Python
Learn why data compression is vital and how use it with Kafka and kafka-python, focussing on gzip—one of the strongest compression tools that Kafka supports.
Announcements
Mar 2, 2023
Introducing Quix Streams, an open source library for telemetry data streaming
Lightweight, powerful, no JVM and no need for separate clusters of orchestrators. Here’s a look at our next-gen streaming library for C# and Python developers including feature summaries, code samples, and a sneak peek into our roadmap.
Industry insights
Feb 28, 2023
The Stream — February 2023 edition
Build a simple event-driven system to get ML predictions with Python and Apache Kafka
Tutorials
Feb 8, 2023
Build a simple event-driven system to get ML predictions with Python and Apache Kafka
Use the Quix Streams Python library to continuously stream email records from a CSV file, get an ML inference for each record, then stream the results back to a new Kafka topic.
Industry insights
Jan 25, 2023
The Stream — January 2023 edition
How can you send time-series data to Apache Kafka using Python and Pandas? Plus Apache Flink news, memes, and meetups
Tutorials
Jan 10, 2023
How to send tabular time series data to Apache Kafka with Python and Pandas
Use Python to process time series data and send it to Apache Kafka. You'll use a large sample data set from an online-retailer and send the records in batches with Pandas and the kafka-python library.
Industry insights
Dec 21, 2022
The Stream — December 2022 edition
The December 2022 edition of The Stream: covering this month in stream processing on the internet.
Tutorials
Dec 7, 2022
How to deploy a currency alerting pipeline with Quix and CoinAPI
How to build a powerful currency alerting pipeline in a few minutes with Quix and CoinAPI.
Industry insights
Nov 30, 2022
The Stream — November 2022 edition
The November 2022 edition of The Stream: covering this month in stream processing on the internet.
Announcements
Nov 14, 2022
Quix raises $12.9m Series A to accelerate event-driven data apps
Why we've partnered with MMC Ventures, Project A Ventures and Passion Capital to accelerate our growth.
Tutorials
Nov 9, 2022
Build a CDC pipeline with the Quix SQL Server connector
Create a CDC pipeline and publish data to Kafka topics in just a few minutes with our open source SQL Server connector.
Industry insights
Oct 31, 2022
The Stream — October 2022 edition
The October 2022 edition of The Stream: covering this month in stream processing on the internet.
Industry insights
Oct 27, 2022
Get more from IIoT with streaming data integrations
As the internet of things evolves, so does its application in industrial settings. Find out how to take Industrial IoT from a helpful tool to transformative technology with streaming data integrations.
Use Cases
Oct 18, 2022
Optimizing manufacturing efficiency with streaming data and ML
How CloudNC makes better predictions for maintenance, generates insights with very low latency, and transforms its factory operations with streaming data.
Industry insights
Oct 11, 2022
Why IoT projects fail — and what you can do differently to succeed
If your last IoT project wasn’t wholly successful or you’d like to progress along the learning curve faster, we’ve got you covered.