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AI Data Platform Series: Just Streams: Real-Time Data Pipelines on OCI

Just Streams: Real-Time Data Pipelines on OCI (Part 1 of a Series) Together with Sandi Holub, I presented "Just Streams: Real-Time Data Pipelines in OCI – With a Live Demo Twist" at the Make IT 2026 conference in Portorož (28 May 2026). Sandi and I actually first presented this same session at the UKOUG conference in Birmingham back in December 2025, but it's only now that I've found the time to write more about it. We deliberately kept the slide deck short and let a live demo carry most of the session. This post is the written recap of that story, and also the opening post in a series where I'll break the solution down layer by layer. Why "Just Streams" We often like to say we master data — every kind of data. It's not just a slogan: in practice it means using the same platform for bulk loads, incremental refreshes, and real-time/streaming sources, then carrying all of it through one data platform into analytics, machine learning...