Crossplane Composition Functions (v1.14+) deep dive — Pipeline Mode, KCL/Python/Go runtimes, building self-service IDP abstractions, and when functions beat raw patches.
AsyncAPI 3.0 architecture — channels, operations, and messages for MQTT, Kafka, AMQP, and WebSocket APIs. Full example spec, code-gen, and governance pattern for 2026.
Saga pattern in production — choreography vs orchestration, compensating actions, idempotency, saga log durability, and how Temporal and Camunda reshape sagas in 2026.
Idempotency keys, conditional requests, dedup stores, and natural idempotent operations — the production blueprint for safely retryable APIs in 2026 at scale.
ADR-style comparison of Apache Iceberg, Delta Lake, and Apache Hudi for production lakehouses — consequences, trade-offs, migration paths, and a decision rubric for 2026.