bladepipe.hashnode.devChoosing Your Data Lake Format in 2025:Iceberg vs Delta Lake vs PaimonIn the era of big data, data lakes became a popular choice for large-scale analytics, thanks to their flexibility, low cost, and separation of storage and compute. But they’ve also struggled with consistency, schema drift, and complex query optimizat...Oct 29, 2025·8 min read
bladepipe.hashnode.devBuilding a Real-Time Lakehouse from Scratch with BladePipe, Paimon, and SelectDBWhy are so many teams still juggling both a data lake and a warehouse, only to end up with slow pipelines, stale dashboards, and skyrocketing costs? Data lakes are cheap and flexible for storage but fall short when it comes to fast queries. Warehouse...Oct 17, 2025·4 min read
bladepipe.hashnode.devHow to Prevent Loops in Redis Bidirectional SyncIn scenarios such as cross-data-center deployments, master-slave failover, and hybrid cloud architectures, bidirectional Redis sync is a common requirement. The hardest part isn’t setting up the sync itself, but preventing data from bouncing endlessl...Sep 22, 2025·5 min read
bladepipe.hashnode.devKafka vs RabbitMQ vs RocketMQ vs Pulsar in 2025 - Key DifferencesMessage brokers are the backbone of modern distributed systems. Whether it’s log ingestion, order processing, or building a real-time data warehouse, they ensure data flows reliably between services. Among the open-source options, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Ro...Sep 11, 2025·5 min read
bladepipe.hashnode.devDynamoDB vs MongoDB in 2025: Key Differences, Use CasesChoosing the right database for a given application is always a problem for data engineers. Two popular NoSQL database options that frequently come up are AWS DynamoDB and MongoDB. Both offer scalability and flexibility but differ significantly in th...Aug 26, 2025·6 min read