David Handermann

Apache NiFi 2 introduced a significant number of foundational upgrades, from Java 8 to Java 21, from AngularJS 1 to Angular 18, and from Jetty 9 to 12, along with a substantial reduction in project source code. With close to one million lines of code, configuration, and documentation changed across more than 2000 issues, NiFi 2 represents collaborative focus on project modernization.

Apache NiFi 2 includes many major upgrades, from Java 8 to Java 21, from AngularJS 1 to Angular 18 and from Jetty 9 to Jetty 12, among others. Apache NiFi is the foundation for Snowflake's managed integration service, providing managed and scalable pipelines for sending data to Snowflake from a variety of sources. Join a project committee member and author of the NiFi 2 roadmap for a review of the goals and implementation that went into this new version. From dependency changes to module restructuring, from code deletion to significant rewrites, this session highlights engineering strategies for extending, refining and pruning a large open source project.

Security vulnerabilities are a common reality in software engineering, but the details behind a CVE are often more subtle than a numerical rating. Following the disclosure of Apache NiFi vulnerability CVE-2023-34468, published reporting highlighted significant concerns related to potential remote code execution.

Best practices abound for data pipeline design. Summarizing optimal strategies is helpful, but learning from negative examples provides a unique perspective for improving processing practices.

When TLS is not enough, what options are available for client-side encryption? The age-encryption.org specification presents a modern answer to the problem of file encryption for several common scenarios.