Ignition 8.3.9 (Aug 2026) fixes real 8.1-to-8.3 upgrade bugs: SMTP settings loss, alarm-journal filters, MQTT module bumps, and more. What to check before you upgrade.
EMQX 6.3 is the new LTS. Strict MQTT parsing, Feature Gates, locked Prometheus and ACL defaults: every breaking change vs 5.8 LTS and a safe upgrade plan.
Gateway API v1.6 graduates TCPRoute and UDPRoute to Standard and v1. What that means for MQTT, Postgres and DNS traffic you used to route with vendor CRDs.
A hands-on Apache PLC4X tutorial: read PLC tags over Modbus and S7, bridge them to MQTT and Kafka, and build a vendor-neutral industrial data pipeline.
A hands-on 2026 ThingsBoard tutorial: provision devices over MQTT, build rule-engine pipelines, and ship a live telemetry dashboard, with working config.
AMQP vs MQTT head-to-head — frame structure, QoS guarantees, broker architecture, latency benchmarks, and a decision framework for choosing the right protocol.