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Derek Collison

@derekcollison

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CEO @synadia, creator of @nats_io and a bunch of other stuff. Past: Apcera, VMWare, Google, TIBCO, JHU/APL.

Miami FL, USA
Joined May 2007
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@synadia
Synadia
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Down and out. Normally, not a good thing. But in distributed systems, down and out is where the world is headed. Down to smaller devices. Out to environments beyond data center walls. Is your streaming and messaging infra ready for that trip? --- If you're all-in on Kafka,
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@nats_io
NATS.io
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NATS News Monthly December 2025 👏 As we wrap up the year, take a peek at our last newsletter of 2025. What's inside, you ask? 👏 NATS KubeCon NA 2025 videos 👏 How to deploy a scalable NATS cluster 👏 The NATS 2.12.1 Jepsen report Thank you to everyone in our community who
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synadia.com
NATS KubeCon NA 2025 videos, how to deploy a scalable NATS cluster, and the NATS 2.12.1 Jepsen report.
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@premium
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Enjoy the best experience on X.
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@derekcollison
Derek Collison
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Surround yourself with people that get excited and happy when others succeed.
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@synadia
Synadia
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Where will your AI agents live? It's the question almost no one is asking. The industry is obsessed with frameworks, tool use, reasoning patterns, context windows. But the deployment question—where these agents actually run and how they get the context they need—is an
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@synadia
Synadia
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Some interesting news in the streaming world this week - that makes it a good time to reflect on where we are and where things are heading: For years, the default choice for streaming was obvious. You picked the dominant platform, deployed it in your cloud, and scaled up from
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@RangeETFs
Range ETFs
1 month
Demand for clean, reliable power is surging - and nuclear's moment is only beginning. Consider Investing in a new cycle of potential growth with $NUKZ.
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@derekcollison
Derek Collison
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So humbled and impressed by what folks are building with @nats_io and @synadia - amazing stuff.
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@derekcollison
Derek Collison
1 month
Feel free to stop by and say hello - I’ll be there
@synadia
Synadia
1 month
Ready for #KubeCon in Atlanta. See you tomorrow at booth 545!
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@jorandirkgreef
Joran Dirk Greef
1 month
Why: - static allocation is a forcing function for teams for good design - “correctness is a design problem not a language problem” - “some may hear BDFL and see governance risk, but I fear the opposite: conceptual risk, the harder problem.” https://t.co/xPyfOQLVDL
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tigerbeetle.com
Insights, updates, and technical deep dives on building a high-performance financial transactions database.
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@MQSummit
MQ Summit
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Schaeffler's NATS architecture - 100+ plants, billions of messages daily. Jean-Noel Moyne & Max Arndt: → No firewalls opened → Global stream replication → 50+ apps at scale
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@singapore_edb
Singapore EDB
2 months
Unlock Asia's green growth opportunities and drive decarbonisation strategies from SG.
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@synadia
Synadia
2 months
Our long-time engineer & NATS wizard Wally rarely gets to experience the "fruits of his labor." But @Rivian's Halloween Mode has been especially fulfilling. đŸŽƒđŸ‘» Checkout Wally's Rivian in action this week! Of course, he'd say the real magic happens in the messaging layer!
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@derekcollison
Derek Collison
2 months
It has been an amazing partnership with the @Rivian team pushing innovation into connected cars. Many of @synadia customers term us the "decentralized nervous system" - in this case that is very true. https://t.co/vJ84rtrkEL
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As a long time distributed systems engineer working on mission-critical and low-latency data services, I rarely get to experience the “fruits of my labor”. Even though NATS.io touches people on a...
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@jedisct1
Frank
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The new IO interface has just been introduced in Zig. It’s a major breaking change, but also a super exciting one. This is finally async done right.
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@derekcollison
Derek Collison
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Been an amazing journey so far - and it still feels like we are just getting started.
@synadia
Synadia
2 months
Tomorrow @nats_io turns 15! We're celebrating with gifts... for you! Here's how it works: 1. Post here on X about why NATS is a great fit for your specific use case. The more details the better! 2. Tag the @nats_io and @synadia accounts in your post 3. We'll message you with
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@IOGroup
Input Output Group
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Are we trading in the 21st century or 19th? @IOHK_Charles argues global commerce is restricted by antiquated paper-based regulations. We can fly globally, but our money can't flow globally. It’s time to move past fragmented markets.
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@renerocksai
renerocksai⚡
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#Zigtoberfest 2025 was a blast! Everything from the speaker lineup and talks to the selection of beers and "Spezi" was fantastic, the organization perfect! David organized, hosted, moderated, live-streamed, recorded, catered, and financed it all by himself, so if you can, pls
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@jedisct1
Frank
2 months
What makes Zig conferences unique is that they’re not just about Zig; they’re about sharing knowledge across a wide range of unrelated topics, from people experimenting with all kinds of crazy ideas. It’s incredibly mind-opening.
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@chrboesch
Chris Boesch ⚡
2 months
Andrew's talk on Zig's new asynchronous I/O is now available to watch: #Ziglang #programming https://t.co/kAuWgfiP4l
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@ngrilly
Nicolas Grilly
2 months
Why the Zig programming language matters, when to use it, and why correctness is a system design problem, not a language problem. Interesting thoughts from @jorandirkgreef. https://t.co/XGjeizeFRy
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tigerbeetle.com
Insights, updates, and technical deep dives on building a high-performance financial transactions database.
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@mitchellh
Mitchell Hashimoto
2 months
Amazing! Synadia and TigerBeetle donated $512K over 2 years to Zig. @derekcollison and @jorandirkgreef are awesome, thanks for doing this.
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tigerbeetle.com
Insights, updates, and technical deep dives on building a high-performance financial transactions database.
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@jorandirkgreef
Joran Dirk Greef
2 months
Excited to share that TigerBeetle and @synadia have pledged $512,000 to the @ziglang Software Foundation. Zig changed my life, making TigerBeetle possible. It's been an adventure these past 5 years, and thrilled to pay it forward, together with my friend @derekcollison.
@TigerBeetleDB
TigerBeetle
2 months
Excited to announce that TigerBeetle and @synadia have pledged $512,000 to the Zig Software Foundation. https://t.co/rcweri9HpD
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