Eric Sammer

Eric Sammer is a data analytics industry veteran who has started two companies, Rocana (acquired by Splunk in 2017), and Decodable. He is an author, engineer, and leader on a mission to help companies move and transform data to achieve new and useful business results. Eric is a speaker on topics including data engineering, ML/AI, real-time data processing, entrepreneurship, and open source. He has spoken at events including the RTA Summit and Current, on podcasts with Software Engineering Daily and Sam Ramji, and has appeared in various industry publications.

6 Myths Preventing You from Embracing Real-Time Data

6 Myths Preventing You from Embracing Real-Time Data

Less than a decade ago, it was common to hear "We don’t do cloud. We don’t need it." Just as there were naysayers about the cloud, there are those who may proclaim, "We don’t do real-time. We don’t need it." But much like the cloud, the tide is turning, and the benefits of real-time data are becoming increasingly apparent.

The Pragmatic Approach to Data Movement

The Pragmatic Approach to Data Movement

The building blocks of a data platform have evolved in amazing ways, tackling increasingly specific and difficult problems in data. But there still exists a need for a unified approach to enable teams to ship faster, ship cheaper, and stay compliant. We built Decodable to absorb the complexity inherent in data movement, and to work the way you expect. If you’re building a data platform to get data from one place to another, with or without transformation, read on to learn more.

Considerations for Running Apache Flink in Production

September 28, 2023

Considerations for Running Apache Flink in Production

Explore the key areas to consider when looking at using Apache Flink, Apache Kafka, and Debezium as the building blocks of a complete real-time data platform for ETL, ELT, and data replication.

Stream Processing Everywhere, for Everyone

September 26, 2023

Stream Processing Everywhere, for Everyone

At Current 2023, Decodable is announcing the general availability of Bring Your Own Cloud, or BYOC, which allows our customers to run a private instance of the Decodable data plane—the part that handles connectivity and stream processing—in their own AWS account. In addition, Decodable has opened up a technical preview to support custom jobs written in Java using the standard Apache Flink DataStream and Table APIs for real-time ETL, ELT, and data replication.

Decodable at Kafka Summit London

Apache Flink is the Industry Standard and It’s Really Obvious

At Decodable, we have long believed that Apache Flink is the best stream processing system, with a proven track record of meeting the demands of some of the largest and most sophisticated businesses in the world, such as Netflix, Uber, Stripe, and many more. We are excited to welcome Confluent to the ranks of companies, like ourselves, who regard Flink as the industry standard for meeting the real-time stream processing needs of businesses, large and small.

August 17, 2022

Six Tricks For Writing Complex SQL Queries

SQL is incredibly powerful, but it can be hard to remember what output you get from different parts of a SQL query. Here's my mental cheat-sheet for writing and reading non-trivial SQL queries.

We’re Abusing The Data Warehouse - RETL, ELT, And Other Weird Stuff

By now, everyone has seen the rETL (Reverse ETL) trend: you want to use data from app #1 to enrich data in app #2. In this blog, Decodable's founder discusses the (fatal) shortcomings of this approach and how to get the job done.

Fireworks

February 22, 2022

Announcing General Availability of the Decodable Real-Time Data Platform

Now GA, Decodable puts the power of real-time data engineering in the hands of every developer, so you can use your existing SQL skills to connect sources and sinks, to build and deploy real-time pipelines – that just work. Getting started with Decodable is free, easy and only takes a few minutes.

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November 14, 2021

The Future of Real Time Data Engineering

Building pipelines should be fast, safe, and even fun. If you're a data engineer working in the batch world and need to handle real-time data, we've got you covered. If you're an application engineer building microservices or other data-powered infrastructure, Decodable is for you.

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