<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Apurva Mehta</title><description>Personal blog of Apurva Mehta</description><link>https://www.apurvamehta.com/</link><item><title>Our first customers were the exception</title><link>https://www.apurvamehta.com/blog/our-first-customers-were-the-exception/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.apurvamehta.com/blog/our-first-customers-were-the-exception/</guid><description>How a $1M+ run-rate masked a dead-end market, and why we walked away from our Kafka Streams product.</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Why OpenData is MIT licensed</title><link>https://www.apurvamehta.com/blog/why-opendata-is-mit-licensed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.apurvamehta.com/blog/why-opendata-is-mit-licensed/</guid><description>Why we chose a permissive license for OpenData, and how we plan to build a sustainable business around open source databases.</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>