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At Factor House, delivering reliable software is at the heart of everything we do. A key aspect of this commitment lies in our approach to managing Java compatibility. This blog post outlines our current release process and future plans for evolving Java support, including our approach to deprecating older versions in a way that respects the needs of diverse customer bases.

With our funding announcement and the upcoming launch of the Factor Platform, we know some of our existing customers might be wondering: What does this mean for Kpow and Flex? Will we be forced to upgrade? Will prices spike?

Keep one thing in mind - at Factor House we're here for engineers.

We are thrilled to announce that Factor House has closed a $5M seed round to accelerate the commercial release of our new product, the Factor Platform.

Led by Blackbird Ventures, with OIF Ventures, Flying Fox Ventures, and LaunchVic’s Alice Anderson Fund as partners, this round brings our five-year bootstrapping journey to a happy conclusion and points to a bright future ahead!

We first published a VPAT in the release notes of Kpow for Apache Kafka v92.4, with a VPAT available to download in every release of Kpow since.

Today, we are pleased to announce that we are extending that commitment to all future Factor House product releases - including Flex for Apache Flink and the Factor Platform.

How do skateboards and green suns drive web accessibility at Factor House?

Learn why building accessible products is important to us, and how we've changed to ensure that accessibility is embedded in our development process.

Querying Kafka topics is a critical task for engineers working on data streaming applications, but it can often be a complex and time-consuming process.

Enter Kpow's data inspect feature—designed to simplify and optimize Kafka topic queries, making it an essential tool for professionals working with Apache Kafka.

This minor version release from Factor House improves protobuf rendering, sharpens light-mode, simplifies community edition setup, resolves a number of small bugs, and bumps Kafka client dependencies to v3.7.0.

Introducing full support for schema references in Confluent Schema Registry.

With this new release you can now create and edit AVRO, JSONSchema, and Protobuf schema with references, as well as consume and produce messages with those schema.

With our new API, you can now leverage Kpow's capabilities directly from your own tools and platforms, opening up a whole new range of possibilities for integrating Kpow into your existing workflows. Whether you're managing topics, consumer groups, or monitoring Kafka clusters, our API provides a seamless experience that mirrors the functionality of our user interface.

Kpow can now auto restart connectors when they fail.

Read on to learn how to make connectors more reliable.