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In this blog post, we will discuss the different session classes available in the Cassandra Java driver. A session is meant to handle the execution of certain types of commands on a Cassandra cluster. Different types of sessions are meant to handle different types of interactions. Sessions can also configure the way that they connect to a Cassandra cluster, manipulating where interactions are sent for processing.

In Apache Cassandra Lunch #45: Alpakka Cassandra and Twitter, we discuss how you can stream tweets using Twitter4S (Scala Twitter client) and save them to Cassandra using Alpakka Cassandra. The live recording of Cassandra Lunch, which includes a more in-depth discussion and a demo, is embedded below in case you were not able to attend live. If you would like to attend Apache Cassandra Lunch live, it is hosted every Wednesday at 12 PM EST. Register here now!

In Data Engineer’s Lunch #19: Introduction to jq for Data Engineering, we introduce jq and discuss how we can use it for data engineering. The live recording of the Data Engineer’s Lunch, which includes a more in-depth discussion, is also embedded below in case you were not able to attend live. If you would like to attend a Data Engineer’s Lunch live, it is hosted every Monday at noon EST. Register here now!

In Apache Cassandra Lunch #44: Cassandra on Kubernetes – Docker/Kubernetes/Helm Part 2, we continue our discussion on Cassandra on Kubernetes and Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm. The live recording of Cassandra Lunch, which includes a more in-depth discussion and a demo, is embedded below in case you were not able to attend live. If you would like to attend Apache Cassandra Lunch live, it is hosted every Wednesday at 12 PM EST. Register here now!

In Data Engineer’s Lunch #18: Luigi for Scheduling, we discussed using Luigi as a workflow scheduler. We then compared its utility vs our previously discussed schedulers, Airflow and Jenkins. The live recording of the Data Engineer’s Lunch, which includes a more in-depth discussion, is also embedded below in case you were not able to attend live. If you would like to attend a Data Engineer’s Lunch live, it is hosted every Monday at noon EST. Register here now!