Here are some important concepts, documentation and keywords of Kafka that you can refer and learn. There are two major flavors of Kafka – Apache Kafka & Confluent Kafka, I have listed major keywords, documentation and concepts from both here: BrokerZookeeperkSQLREST-ProxySchema-RegistryConnectorsOperatorControl CenterStreamsTopicsConsumersProducersPartitionsOffsetLogNodeReplicaMessageLeaderFollowerReplicatorSchema managementConfluent HubEventsAssociated keywords in today’s cloud deployments: Docker containers, Kubernetes, Ansible, Security Associated…… Continue reading Key concepts, documentation & keywords in Kafka – Part 1
Author: Neil Harwani
Interested in movies, music, history, computer science, software, engineering and technology
Building data models that everyone can understand and more importantly believe
Building data models that everyone can understand and more importantly believe. Faculty Article – Author: Mr. Balakrishnan Unny & Mr. Neil Harwani. Thank you Sapience – IMNU’s (Nirma University) Alumni Newsletter for publishing our article in Changing Times 2.0 (A Special Edition). Sapience-2.0Download
Productivity hacks for Architects / Designers / Tech Leads
As per my experience, the biggest productivity hacks for Architects / Designers / Tech Leads are not to decide the variables / class names / loops / scope / data types / exception handling / object relational mapping & so on – they definitely are important and should be done, but so are the below…… Continue reading Productivity hacks for Architects / Designers / Tech Leads
Data Analysis Process in Analytics / Data Science
This article is based on understanding from Wikipedia article on Data Analysis & my experiences in Data Science / Analytics / AI / ML – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_analysis Various areas like Data Mining, Predictive Analysis, Exploratory Data Analysis, Text Analytics, Business Intelligence, Confirmatory Data Analysis and Data Visualization overlap with this area Before starting your journey on solving an industry…… Continue reading Data Analysis Process in Analytics / Data Science
What are we doing in AI / ML / Data Science / Decision Science / Analytics World? – Glossary
Over the last few years I have explored, programmed, worked in, researched and taught Data Science / AI / ML / Analytics / Decision Science to multiple students and with many software professionals. I have collected many keywords that you can google and explore. This will help you to keep pace and learn about things…… Continue reading What are we doing in AI / ML / Data Science / Decision Science / Analytics World? – Glossary
Changes in India’s education system in last few years
Institutions of Eminence declared – Complete autonomy given to themUniversity status for IIMs, NITs, IIITs, AIIMS, etc. via Institutions of National Importance routeGraded autonomy for UGC affiliated institutions – Based on their accreditation score, they can offer online, distance courses and will have autonomy in academics, faculty recruitment, etc. Graded autonomy for AICTE affiliated institutions – Based…… Continue reading Changes in India’s education system in last few years
Three waves of Analytics – Notes on articles by Prof. Davenport
References: Analytics 3.0How Analytics Has Changed in the Last 10 Years (and How It’s Stayed the Same) ANALYTICS 1.0 – Business Intelligence, RDBMS & Data Warehousing Vertical scalingBetter results and analysis meant higher processing power & memoryComplex systemsChances of singular failureBackup was compulsoryStorage in RDBMSTransformation in business dimensions and facts in Data WarehouseDescriptive analytics mainly…… Continue reading Three waves of Analytics – Notes on articles by Prof. Davenport
What should you be doing?
Over the initial years of my experience in Information Technology industry when I worked with various large and medium sized organizations, I programmed, worked in solutions / sales engineering and more. Learned many things across various domains and technologies. Met and built a small network. Then I transitioned to multi-tasking around Education & Information Technology. Did…… Continue reading What should you be doing?
Enterprise environment software areas – Part 1
Over the years that I have been working in IT industry, I have got the chance to be exposed to multiple enterprise (large & mid sized company environments) level software technologies, products & frameworks. These vary in a big way from company to company and project to project / program to program but overall trend…… Continue reading Enterprise environment software areas – Part 1
List of things needed to create a startup in India in IT products / services area – Part 2
Many students in management and other advanced courses struggle with details on how to start their entrepreneurial journey. Questions around cost, process, steps, office, digital / software items needed, etc. keep them confused and away from taking the first step. In that series, I had posted a blog / article in the past: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-build-lean-startup-tier-2-3-cities-india-part-1-neil-harwani/ Further to…… Continue reading List of things needed to create a startup in India in IT products / services area – Part 2