This tutorial describes an approach for building a simple ChatOps bot, which uses Slack and Grafana to query system status. The idea is to be able to check the status of your system with a conversational interface if you’re away from your desk but still have basic connectivity e.g. …

Blockchain technology and Apache Kafka share characteristics which suggest a natural affinity. For instance, both share the concept of an ‘immutable append only log’. In the case of a Kafka partition: Each partition is an ordered, immutable sequence of records that is continually appended to — a structured commit log…