Interview with WarpStream Founders

Our guests today are the co-founders of WarpStream: Richard Artoul and Ryan Worl. WarpStream is a company that's creating waves in the world of data streaming and storage. Their innovative approach to distributed systems has caught the attention of tech enthusiasts everywhere.Richie, one of the co-founders, is no stranger to the tech world, with an impressive background that includes stints at M3 Uber and Chronosphere. And his serendipitous meeting with his co-founder, Ryan, at a Percona live conference, laid the foundation for WarpStream.Ryan, the other half of this dynamic duo, had the spark for WarpStream even before their journey with Datadog. Together, they've set out to revolutionize the way we handle data, and today, they're here to give us a glimpse into their world.WarpStream, with its Kafka-compatible, entirely new architecture implemented in a Go binary, has been turning heads. They're introducing the concept of "Bring Your Own Cloud," pointing directly to S3 buckets, and eliminating the need for local disks.Join us as we explore their unique deployment model, where agents become brokers and can be deployed across multiple Availability Zones. These stateless agents maintain a distributed cache, ensuring efficient data handling.In this episode, we'll also uncover the costs, features currently missing, and the innovative use cases that make WarpStream a game-changer for high-volume data streams.And of course, we'll touch on the future – including the "Bring Your Own Cloud" strategy, their take on the concept of a "lakehouse," and how WarpStream aims to bridge the gap between batch and streaming processing.Hubert’s Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to SUP! Hubert’s Substack at hubertdulay.substack.com/subscribe