MQTT, an extremely lightweight publish/subscribe protocol, has taken off quickly in the IoT space. Sean Dague explores the MQTT protocol and demonstrates how it is used in projects like Home Assistant (open source home automation), cloud-based IoT hubs, and projects based on the ESP8266 platform.

Burkhard Noltensmeier shares his experience developing a Microservice data aquisition platform on Kubernetes. The Platform consists of Edge Devices with to import Machine Data from factory floor or bu …