InfluxData's Q&A Session for Oct 20: Intro to Kapacitor for Alerting and Anomaly Detection` The session covered introductory topics about Kapacitor, a component of the InfluxDB platform, specifically its use in alerting and anomaly detection. The key takeaway from this Q&A session is that choosing between batch and stream processing depends on how you want to process your data, with batching being suitable for grouping data into time-bound buckets and streaming being ideal for real-time processing. Kapacitor's TICK script language was also discussed, highlighting the importance of variable naming conventions which are typically defined by the source data in InfluxDB. The session concluded with a discussion on why Kapacitor was created as a DSL, aiming to integrate well with InfluxDB and provide a new syntax that doesn't rely on existing script languages.