JS.weekly() => #59: Kafka Transforming Into ‘Event Streaming Database’
Essay on JavaScript ecosystem and why PMs should estimate not devs.
Kafka Transforming Into ‘Event Streaming Database’
There are two new features:
- Capability to control Kafka Connect connectors directly from SQL.
- Pull query, which will let users look up values from those computed tables within KSQL.
How I stopped worrying and learned to love the JavaScript ecosystem
“ Embrace the change. It’s much better than betting on tech that stalls and then fades into being irrelevant in a few years: JavaScript is here to stay!”
Managers have no idea how much software development should cost
“ If engineers stop giving estimates for their work and simply ask for deadlines then it changes the dynamic of the conversation. If they say that they want to spend $10,000 on acquiring the boat, then we can come back and say, well I won’t be able to give you the luxury yacht you had in mind, however, I can find a used sailboat and after we fix it up you can possible charge high end clientele for exclusive sailing excursions. It puts us back in the superior position of negotiation. Then as engineers, we have the freedom to come up with a solution that meets your expectations and simultaneously doesn’t put us in an impossible situation. Or at a minimum at least veto the idea all together as not being possible to achieve in the desired time spans.”
We are adding new libraries to JavaScripting.com every week. Here is one worth checking out:
Overlay Scrollbars
A javascript scrollbar plugin which hides native scrollbars, provides custom styleable overlay scrollbars and keeps the native functionality and feeling.
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