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Sep 24, 2026 · Backend Development

Building a Lightweight Approval Flow with AI: Why Flowable Wasn't the Right Fit

The author details building a lightweight approval flow end-to-end using AI (Codex), covering process modeling, dynamic forms, conditional and parallel branches, task routing, path replay, and analytics, while explaining why Flowable was rejected due to excessive tables, steep learning curve, integration difficulty, and the need for a lightweight, configurable solution.

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Building a Lightweight Approval Flow with AI: Why Flowable Wasn't the Right Fit

Niu Liu

Aug 21, 2026 · Big Data

Real-Time Data Warehouse Evolution: Flink Writes, Paimon Stores, Doris Queries, One Platform Manages

This article details a lightweight real-time data warehouse architecture using Apache Flink 2.0+ for streaming writes, Apache Paimon for lakehouse storage, Apache Doris for interactive queries, and a custom RT-DWH management platform to unify metadata, quality, permissions, and observability — reducing component count and operational complexity for small-to-medium teams.

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Real-Time Data Warehouse Evolution: Flink Writes, Paimon Stores, Doris Queries, One Platform Manages

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Jan 18, 2017 · Big Data

Build a Lightweight, High‑Availability Real‑Time Stream Processing System

Learn how to construct a simple, high‑availability real‑time stream processing platform using lightweight components such as Kafka, Zookeeper, Thrift/Avro, and optional storage like MongoDB or Elasticsearch, offering a practical alternative to heavyweight frameworks like Storm and Spark Streaming for small‑to‑medium enterprises.

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Build a Lightweight, High‑Availability Real‑Time Stream Processing System