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Manage Context with Aiven DataHub

Aiven DataHub is a managed data catalog that helps you and your agents find, understand and reason on top of your data in data sources like PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, Kafka or BI Tools. In this video Stan dives into Aiven DataHub and shows how to set it up so context is derived from metadata, or the lineage between services. He also dives into examples on how to get deeper insights about your data through prompting Aiven DataHub.

Diskless Topics on Aiven for Apache Kafka

Diskless moves Kafka replication into object storage, removing cross-AZ fees. See how diskless topics work, then create one live on Aiven for Apache Kafka. AIVEN DATA PLATFORM The Aiven Platform is more than a collection of open source services for streaming, storing and analyzing data. The platform ensures that all services run reliably and securely in the clouds of your choice, are observable, and can easily be integrated with each other and with external 3rd party tools.

Top 10 Algolia Alternatives in 2026 (Features, Pricing & More)

Algolia is quick to launch and hard to fault on speed. The friction usually shows up later, when record counts pass a few hundred thousand and the bill starts moving in ways nobody forecast. That is the point at which most teams start looking around. The trigger is rarely performance. It is per-record and per-search billing, no self-hosting option for data that cannot leave a jurisdiction or a semantic search roadmap that has outgrown what a proprietary platform exposes.

Challenges and Limitations of Open Source Software

Open source software (OSS) offers organizations access to flexible, customizable, and often free software. It can reduce licensing costs and provide access to a large community of developers and users. However, open source does not automatically mean free, simple, secure, or risk-free. Organizations using OSS can face challenges around technical support, security, licensing, maintenance, functionality, and internal expertise.