Round Robin's newest author and illustrator, Helena Steckmeister, has created a beautiful book just in time for the holidays.

The cats need help to resolve a nasty feud with the birds, since neither speaks the other's language. Luckily, a specialist is in the forest to facilitate communication. Will they be able to help?

Learn about natural language processing (NLP) and analysis through the eyes of a true beginner. Created by the makers of spaCy, a popular NLP library for Python.

Learn about different storage technologies, including OpenSearch, Redshift, Kinesis, and S3, through the eyes of a young fox family.

This story is a special one to me. It captures my own experience as a parent who is currently dealing with two picky little eaters, and my own growth as an engineer, writer, and illustrator.

The digital version is free to read and introduces some new elements that I haven't included in my stories before. You'll find games, sound-effects, music, and more.

Special thanks for Amazon for giving me this opportunity.

Hope you enjoy it,

Mitch

A Gentle Introduction to Fully Managed Environments

Learn about the basics of cloud computing through the eyes of a little otter who, with the help of a clouded leopard, searches for an easier life in The Cloud.

With hand-drawn imagery that was inspired by Winnie the Pooh, and gentle storytelling that is meant to be both playful and educational, readers of all ages will walk away with memorable explanations of key concepts, including multi-cloud, public/private/hybrid clouds, fully-managed environments, elastic scalability, and more.

This story was made possible through the support of Confluent ❤️.

A Gentle Introduction to Cryptography

9 months after a group of otters taught us about event streaming and Apache Kafka, Round Robin is proud to announce the release of our second book. This time, we partnered with best-selling author, Martin Kleppmann, and Gently Down the Stream author and illustrator, Mitch Seymour, to bring you a story about rabbits and cryptography.

With hand-drawn imagery and gentle explanations of cryptographic concepts, this book will captivate beginners of all ages and backgrounds.

A Gentle Introduction to Apache Kafka

Original illustrations, beginner friendly explanations of Kafka, and a whole lot of otters. Need I say more?

Gently Down the Stream is a gentle introduction to stream processing and Apache Kafka. A group of otters discover that they can use a giant river to communicate with each other. As more otters move into the forest, they must learn how to adapt their system to handle the increased activity of the forest.

Pairing whimsical imagery with lucid explanations of stream processing concepts, this book will captivate beginners of all ages. Adults will appreciate the no-frills explanation of several key Kafka concepts, while children and non-technical adults will enjoy the story, the original artwork, and the loads of cute otters that live in these pages.