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Redpanda
Company blog · redpanda.com/blog · on HN as PeterCorlessdatasystems
Redpanda is the company blog at redpanda.com, writing about data and systems. Since 2022, 54 different Hacker News readers have linked it 125 times, most often “Understanding the Redpanda Data Transform Architecture Using WebAssembly”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-27, and you can follow it by feed.
Redpanda powers an Agentic Data Plane and Data Streaming platform for real-time performance, AI innovation, and simplified operations.
Most-linked posts?
- /5 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2022-04-29
- Understanding the Redpanda Data Transform Architecture Using WebAssembly4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2022-09-23
- Redpanda Connect and the Acquisition of Benthos.dev3 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2024-05-30
- Redpanda’s official Jepsen What we fixed, and what we shouldn’t3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2023-05-13
- /careers/2 people · 8 mentions · first linked 2022-04-01
- Redpanda pushes the envelope on Nvidia Vera2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2026-03-16
- Why `fsync()`: Losing unsynced data on a single node leads to global data loss2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2023-05-16
- Redpanda vs. Apache Kafka: A performance comparison (2022 update)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-10-14
- /2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-12-04
- Show HN: Redpanda 100M raise for "real-time enterprise agents""2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-04-03
What Hacker News says?
Yes, for Redpanda. There's a blog about that: "The use of fsync is essential for ensuring data consistency and durability in a replicated system. The post highlights the common misconception that replication alone can eliminate the need for fsync and demonstrates that the loss of unsynchronized data on a single node still can cause global data loss in a replicated non-Byzantine system." However, for all that said, R…
Comment linking /blog/why-fsync-is-needed-for-data-safety-in-kafka-or-non-byzantine-protocols
on “Kafka is Fast – I'll use Postgres”Submitted Behind the scenes: Redpanda Cloud's response to the GCP outage as a story · 77 points
HN discussionRedpanda has been a superior wire-compatible alternative to Kafka for years. https://www.redpanda.com/compare/redpanda-vs-kafka
Comment linking /compare/redpanda-vs-kafka
on “IBM to acquire Confluent”Submitted Evaluating Graviton 2 for data-intensive applications: Arm vs. Intel comparison as a story · 62 points
HN discussionMaybe a good time to consider alternatives https://www.redpanda.com/compare/redpanda-vs-kafka
Comment linking /compare/redpanda-vs-kafka
on “IBM to acquire Confluent”Submitted Solving Out of Memory Issues in Linux at Redpanda as a story · 47 points
HN discussionNo. Redpanda has made a lot of noise about this over the years [0], and Confluent's Jack Vanlightly has responded in a fair bit of detail [1]. [0]: https://www.redpanda.com/blog/why-fsync-is-needed-for-data-s... [1]: https://jack-vanlightly.com/blog/2023/4/24/why-apache-kafka-...
Comment linking /blog/why-fsync-is-needed-for-data-safety-in-kafka-or-non-byzantine-protocols
on “Jepsen: NATS 2.12.1”Submitted Kafka on Kubernetes: What could go wrong? as a story · 35 points
HN discussionRedpanda Data | Remote | Full-time | https://redpanda.com/careers/ Come shape the future of streaming! Redpanda, a Kafka-compatible event streaming platform. With a compelling combination of no data loss, operational simplicity, and consistent performance at scale, Redpanda takes advantage of modern hardware to deliver the modern streaming platform for mission critical workloads. We are a team of doers, seasoned eng…
Comment linking /careers/
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2022)”Submitted We built our data transformation engine with the Wasm runtime as a story · 34 points
HN discussionRedpanda Data (formerly Vectorized) | Remote | Full-time | https://redpanda.com/careers/ Come shape the future of streaming! Redpanda, a Kafka-compatible event streaming platform. With a compelling combination of no data loss, operational simplicity, and consistent performance at scale, Redpanda takes advantage of modern hardware to deliver the modern streaming platform for mission critical workloads. We are a team…
Comment linking /careers/
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2022)”Submitted Redpanda Connect and the Acquisition of Benthos.dev as a story · 11 points
HN discussionRedpanda Data | Remote | Full-time | https://redpanda.com/careers/ Come shape the future of streaming! Redpanda, a Kafka-compatible event streaming platform. With a compelling combination of no data loss, operational simplicity, and consistent performance at scale, Redpanda takes advantage of modern hardware to deliver the modern streaming platform for mission critical workloads. We are a team of doers, seasoned eng…
Comment linking /careers/
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2022)”Submitted Easily turn any gRPC service into an MCP server as a story · 10 points
HN discussionRedpanda (formerly known as Vectorized) | Remote | Full-time | https://redpanda.com/careers Come shape the future of streaming! We are the startup behind Redpanda, a Kafka-compatible event streaming platform. With a compelling combination of no data loss, operational simplicity, and consistent performance at scale, Redpanda takes advantage of modern hardware to deliver the modern streaming platform for mission criti…
Comment linking /careers
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2022)”Submitted Redpanda vs. Apache Kafka: A performance comparison (2022 update) as a story · 8 points
HN discussionRedpanda Data | Remote | Full-time | https://redpanda.com/careers/ Come shape the future of streaming! Redpanda, a Kafka-compatible event streaming platform. With a compelling combination of no data loss, operational simplicity, and consistent performance at scale, Redpanda takes advantage of modern hardware to deliver the modern streaming platform for mission critical workloads. We are a team of doers, seasoned eng…
Comment linking /careers/
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2022)”Submitted The Agentic Data Plane (Redpanda Data) as a story · 6 points
HN discussionRedpanda | Full-time | Remote | https://redpanda.com/careers Come shape the future of streaming! We are the startup behind Redpanda, a Kafka-compatible event streaming platform. With a compelling combination of no data loss, operational simplicity, and consistent performance at scale, Redpanda takes advantage of modern hardware to deliver the modern streaming platform for mission critical workloads. Redpanda is look…
Comment linking /careers
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2022)”Submitted Redpanda’s official Jepsen What we fixed, and what we shouldn’t as a story · 6 points
HN discussionRedpanda Data | REMOTE | Full-time | https://www.redpanda.com/careers Redpanda is pioneering the Agentic Data Plane (ADP) - a new category in AI infrastructure that makes it simple and secure to connect AI agents with enterprise data and systems. Built on a multi-modal data streaming engine, Redpanda empowers agentic applications that reason and act in real-time with speed, autonomy, and precision. Global leaders in…
Comment linking /careers
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2025)”Submitted Using Raft for Centralized Cluster Configurations in Redpanda as a story · 5 points
HN discussionRedpanda Data | Remote | Full-time | https://redpanda.com/careers/ Come shape the future of streaming! Redpanda, a Kafka-compatible event streaming platform. With a compelling combination of no data loss, operational simplicity, and consistent performance at scale, Redpanda takes advantage of modern hardware to deliver the modern streaming platform for mission critical workloads. We are a team of doers, seasoned eng…
Comment linking /careers/
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2022)”Submitted Understanding the Redpanda Data Transform Architecture Using WebAssembly as a story · 4 points
HN discussionRedpanda Data | Remote | Full-time | https://redpanda.com/careers/ Come shape the future of streaming! Redpanda, a Kafka-compatible event streaming platform. With a compelling combination of no data loss, operational simplicity, and consistent performance at scale, Redpanda takes advantage of modern hardware to deliver the modern streaming platform for mission critical workloads. We are a team of doers, seasoned eng…
Comment linking /careers/
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2022)”Submitted Redpanda vs. Apache Kafka: A performance comparison (2022 update) as a story · 4 points
HN discussionRedpanda (formerly known as Vectorized) | Full-time | Remote | https://redpanda.com/careers Come shape the future of streaming! We are the startup behind Redpanda, a Kafka-compatible event streaming platform. With a compelling combination of no data loss, operational simplicity, and consistent performance at scale, Redpanda takes advantage of modern hardware to deliver the modern streaming platform for mission criti…
Comment linking /careers/test-infra-engineer/
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2022)”Submitted Redpanda Skyrockets in FY24: 300% Revenue Growth, 179% Customer Growth as a story · 3 points
HN discussionRedpanda | Full-time | Remote | https://redpanda.com/careers Come shape the future of streaming! We are the startup behind Redpanda, a Kafka-compatible event streaming platform. With a compelling combination of no data loss, operational simplicity, and consistent performance at scale, Redpanda takes advantage of modern hardware to deliver the modern streaming platform for mission critical workloads. Redpanda is look…
Comment linking /careers
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2022)”Submitted Serving low-latency config data in 32 regions as a story · 3 points
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