StarTree Community Newsletter - October 2023

Apache Pinot? 1.0 is here ??

This past month, we celebrated the milestone release of Apache Pinot 1.0. It has been many years in the making, and it was only possible due to the enthusiastic embrace of Apache Pinot by its open-source community. Read the Release Notes to learn more about its history and new features like NULL value support in queries, support for SPI-based pluggable indexes, improvements to the Spark 3 connector, and more! Read Announcement

Real-Time Analytics Summit is returning in 2024

RTA Summit 2024 is coming to San Jose, California on?May 8-9, 2024.?

Join our community for technical deep dives, use cases, and introductory talks from thought leaders. Head to the all-new site to sign up for registration updates, watch 2023’s highlights and sessions, become a sponsor, and more.

The Call for Papers for the event is open until 10/31. If you have experience with real-time data that you want to share, we would love to hear your story. Click the button below to learn more.?

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Earn $100 of Swag with the StarTree Blog Challenge

Our StarTree Blog Challenge is still live throughout all of October - participate and win $100 in Swag ??

1. Choose Your Subject: Focus on Apache Pinot or StarTree topics like Data Manager or Third Eye.

2. Deliver Value: Offer readers practical advice to harness the technology more effectively.

3. Length: Ensure your piece is at least 500 words, rich with insights.

Once your article is polished, please post it on our community Slack, tagging Yarden Rokach, or forward it to [email protected]. After our review, you'll earn points redeemable for exclusive items from our Swag Store.

Community Slack Discussions

Every month, we’re hosting top engineers to share their knowledge in the?StarTree Slack Space?and we invite you to join and ask questions.?

• Zoom in on... Real-Time Ingestion with Navina Ramesh

When: October 10th, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM PST

Where: #General, StarTree Community Slack

• Meet the Member - Elon Azoulay

When: October 12th, 11:30 AM PST

Where: #General, StarTree Community Slack

?? To Read

• Real-Time Data Integration of Confluent Cloud with StarTree Cloud?by?Vibhuti Bhushan, Peter Corless
• Discover What's Driving Your Metrics with Real-Time Anomaly Detection?by?Suvodeep Pyne, Madhumita Mantri
• Query-time JOINs in Apache Pinot 1.0?by?Neha Pawar, Rong Rong, Jackie Jiang

?? To Watch

• Full Upserts in Apache Pinot | StarTree Recipes
• From ElasticSearch to Apache Pinot for our Analytics Needs (Beaconstac) | Bangalore Meetup 2023
• The Evolution of Data Silos with Guru Sattanathan | Ep. 25 | Real-Time Analytics Podcast

??? Upcoming Events

• October 7th, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM EST Real-Time Problem-Solving with Anomaly Detection | SQL Saturday Orlando Room 206, Sanford, FL
• October 11th, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM EST?How to Performance Apache Pinot Using Gatling Virtual
• October 26th, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM PST The Latest in Real-Time Analytics: Generative AI, LLM and Beyond Meetup Cloudera Offices, NYC
• October 31st, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PST?Real-Time Analytics Horror Stories Meetup Virtual

Click here to add all future meetups to your Google Calendar and never miss an event.?

Thanks for checking in. We're excited to see you at one of the events or for the next newsletter in November!

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