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Hey there! I鈥檓 Joel Hanson, a Software Engineer at IBM, currently immersed in leveraging event streams for a smarter use of data. My past role was as an AI Engineer at impress.ai. Now, my focus is on making AI more user-friendly for everyone. Specifically, I鈥檓 diving into real-time machine learning, transitioning from batch to stream processing, and evolving architectures from request-driven to event-driven for a more dynamic AI world.

Configuring Kafka Connector with Docker: A Step-by-Step Guide

In this tutorial, we鈥檒l walk through the process of setting up a Kafka connector using Docker and docker-compose.yml. We鈥檒l focus on configuring a file connector, which is useful for reading data from files and writing data to files using Kafka. REPO: https://github.com/Joel-hanson/kafka-connector-docker-setup Prerequisites Docker and Docker Compose installed on your system Basic understanding of Kafka and Docker concepts Project Structure Before we begin, let鈥檚 look at the files we鈥檒l be working with:...

October 12, 2024 路 5 min 路 1038 words 路 Joel Hanson

Setting Up a Kafka Cluster Without Zookeeper Using Docker

Introduction In this post, we will walk through the process of setting up an Apache Kafka cluster without using Zookeeper, leveraging Kafka鈥檚 KRaft mode for metadata management. Kafka no longer requires a Zookeeper instance, simplifying the cluster setup. We will use Docker to deploy this Kafka cluster with the latest version of Kafka. Prerequisites Ensure that you have the following: Docker installed Docker compose installed Basic understanding of Kafka concepts (e....

October 5, 2024 路 4 min 路 685 words 路 Joel Hanson

Online Machine Learning: Real-time Image Classification with CIFAR10 Dataset and Kafka

This blog post explores online machine learning through a practical example using the CIFAR10 dataset and Apache Kafka.

October 2, 2024 路 7 min 路 1360 words 路 Joel Hanson

Supercharging Your AI: Setting Up RAG with PostgreSQL and pgvector

Learn how to implement a powerful Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system using PostgreSQL and pgvector. This comprehensive guide covers everything from setting up a custom PostgreSQL Docker image to creating a fully functional RAG query system with vector embeddings and language model inference.

September 30, 2024 路 4 min 路 761 words 路 Joel Hanson

Git Aliases to Supercharge Your Workflow

Git aliases are a powerful workflow tool that create shortcuts to frequently used Git commands.

March 21, 2024 路 12 min 路 2384 words 路 Joel Hanson