Robin Moffatt is a Principal DevEx Engineer and seasoned conference speaker with 15+ years of experience presenting at top events like QCon, Devoxx, Kafka Summit, and Strata. He shares insights on developer experience, distributed systems, and cloud technologies through his blog, YouTube, and public talks.
491 articles from this blog
A guide to terminating all running KSQL queries and dropping streams/tables using curl, jq, and xargs commands.
A developer advocate shares concise, opinionated advice for creating effective slide decks for tech conference talks, focusing on visual aids over content.
A technical guide demonstrating how to use the HTTPie command-line tool to produce and consume messages via the Confluent Kafka REST Proxy.
A Developer Advocate details the five-day process of creating a new tech conference talk, from procrastination to final preparation.
A developer advocate shares personal strategies for balancing frequent work travel with family life, based on eight years of experience.
Guide to configuring Kafka Connect logging, including changing log levels and redirecting output to files.
How to replace UTF-8 non-breaking spaces in Markdown files using sed on macOS, fixing formatting issues.
Explains how ksqlDB handles case sensitivity for topics, statements, and object names, with examples of quoting rules.
A quick reference guide for using the KSQL REST API, including curl examples for queries, statements, and runtime statistics.
A quick reference cheatsheet for common Confluent Schema Registry REST API commands, including authentication and curl examples.
A guide on diagnosing and resolving Docker disk space issues on macOS, focusing on container logs and cleanup commands.
Tips for writing effective conference talk abstracts, focusing on clarity, relevance, and avoiding common pitfalls.
A developer explains migrating his technical blog from Ghost to Hugo for simplicity, cost savings, and Asciidoc support.
A quick command-line snippet to pull the latest version of multiple Docker images from a specific vendor (Confluent) in one go.
A technical guide sharing practical Docker and Docker Compose tips for working with Apache Kafka, Kafka Connect, and ksqlDB environments.
Overview of methods and tools for streaming data changes from Oracle databases into Apache Kafka, including CDC options.
A developer shares his personal setup and experience using an iPad Pro, Apple Pencil, and Apple Keyboard for work tasks like note-taking, presentations, and content creation.
A guide to creating hand-drawn style technical diagrams using an iPad Pro, Apple Pencil, and the Paper app, with workflow tips.
Guide to installing and running the mtr network diagnostic tool on macOS using Homebrew and symbolic links.
Useful command-line snippets for managing Kafka Connect connectors via its REST API, including listing and deleting connectors.
