YAML vs XML vs JSON: History, Trade-offs, and Where Each Wins in the Age of Agentic AI

5 days ago
Kai Waehner

XML, JSON, and YAML were built for different jobs in different eras. This post covers where each came from, how…

Why Databricks and Snowflake Speak the Kafka Protocol: Ingestion vs. Architecture

1 week ago

Databricks and Snowflake now speak the Kafka protocol. But using the Kafka API to feed a lakehouse is very different…

Choosing an ERP for Manufacturing: How AI Is Reshaping the Vendor Landscape

2 weeks ago

ERP vendor selection for manufacturing is not a product decision. It is a strategic bet on fit, total cost, and…

Process Intelligence Explained: Mining, Orchestration, and the Decision Gate

3 weeks ago

Process intelligence is not a single tool. It combines process mining, process orchestration, and a decision gate into one architecture…

ERP Migration to SAP S/4HANA and Beyond: Lessons Learned from German Manufacturing

4 weeks ago

ERP modernization fails when the technology leads and the process work follows. Three German manufacturers ran their migrations differently, on…

Beyond Enterprise Data Lineage: The Case for a Platform-Independent Data Catalog

1 month ago

Most organizations start their data governance journey by asking how to track where data comes from and where it goes.…

Data Ownership in the Age of Agentic AI: Why SAP’s API Policy Forces a Data Integration Reckoning for Every Enterprise

2 months ago

Every enterprise is being told to go agentic. Meanwhile, the platforms holding your most critical business data are tightening control…

Flink CEP and Agentic AI: Real-Time Pattern Detection as the Foundation for Autonomous Decisions

2 months ago

AI agents fail in production when they are connected directly to raw event streams. Flink CEP is the missing layer…

Complex Event Processing (CEP) with Apache Flink: What It Is and When (Not) to Use It

3 months ago

Complex Event Processing is the most underused capability in Apache Flink. It detects meaningful event sequences in real time, fires…

MCP vs. REST/HTTP API vs. Kafka: The Architect’s Guide to Agentic AI Integration

3 months ago

MCP, REST/HTTP APIs, and Apache Kafka are not alternatives. They solve different problems at different layers of the architecture. This…