Open Source FTW: New Tools For Apache Cassandra®

The text discusses the release of DataStax's bulk loading utility and Apache Kafka® connector as open-source tools under Apache license, available on GitHub for users to explore, contribute or report issues. It also introduces DSBulk version 1.6.0 with improved throughput and fixes, and the availability of its libraries from Maven Central. Additionally, it mentions changes in Kafka Sink Connector 1.4.0 and how to ignore errors during processing. Users can download these tools from DataStax's download server or Confluent Hub.