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MQTT brokers in 2026: revisit Eclipse Mosquitto, EMQX and NanoMQ before you connect another device to a broker
Most teams do not choose an MQTT broker. They inherit one. Somebody installed Mosquitto from the distribution package on a small VM years ago, gave every device the same username, and it has been quietly running since.
Read moreInternal tool builders in 2026: revisit Appsmith, ToolJet and Budibase before you build another admin panel
Every growing company ends up with a second, quieter product: the screens its own staff use. Support needs to look up an order and resend an invoice.
Read moreWorkflow automation in 2026: revisit n8n, Node-RED and Activepieces before you wire another business process to a webhook
Most teams first meet workflow automation as a shortcut: draw a few boxes, point a webhook at a SaaS, and declare the process automated.
Read moreChaos engineering in 2026: revisit Chaos Mesh, LitmusChaos and Krkn before you break another thing in production on purpose
Most teams first meet chaos engineering as a slogan: break things on purpose. Somebody installs a chaos tool, deletes a few pods in staging, sees them come back and declares the platform resilient.
Read moreData catalogs in 2026: revisit OpenMetadata, DataHub and Apache Atlas before you add another metadata platform
Most teams do not decide to build a data catalog. They drift into needing one. A new analyst asks which of three “orders” tables is the real one.
Read moreWeb application firewalls in 2026: revisit ModSecurity, OWASP Coraza and BunkerWeb before you put another WAF in front of your app
A web application firewall is one of those things that gets added after a bad week. A penetration test report arrives, or a customer sends a security questionnaire with a line that says “Do you use a WAF?
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