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Apache Kafka
Data Products, Data Contracts, and Change Data Capture
Change data capture is a popular method to connect database tables to data streams, but it comes with drawbacks. The next evolution of the CDC pattern, first-class data products, provide resilient pipelines that support both real-time and batch processing while isolating upstream systems...
Introducing Confluent Cloud Freight Clusters
Learn how the latest innovations in Kora enable us to introduce new Confluent Cloud Freight clusters, which can save you up to 90% at GBps+ scale. Confluent Cloud Freight clusters are now available in Early Access.
Contributing to Apache Kafka®: How to Write a KIP
Learn how to contribute to open source Apache Kafka by writing Kafka Improvement Proposals (KIPs) that solve problems and add features! Read on for real examples.
Apache Kafka Made Simple: A First Glimpse of a Kafka Without ZooKeeper
At the heart of Apache Kafka® sits the log—a simple data structure that uses sequential operations that work symbiotically with the underlying hardware. Efficient disk buffering and CPU cache usage,...
Under the Hood of Real-Time Analytics with Apache Kafka and Pinot
Real-time analytics has become the need of the hour for modern internet companies. The ability to derive internal insights around business metrics, user growth and adoption as well as security […]
To Pull or to Push Your Data with Kafka Connect? That Is the Question.
Today, every company is a data company. There are many different data pipeline, integration, and ingestion tools in the market, but before you can feed your data analytics needs, data […]
Containerized Testing with Kerberos and SSH
Kerberos authentication is widely used in today’s client/server applications; however getting started with Kerberos may be a daunting task if you don’t have prior experience. Information on setting up Kerberos […]
Apache Kafka and SAP Integration with the Kafka Connect ODP Source Connector
SAP is a German multinational software corporation that develops and markets enterprise software to manage business operations and customer relations. SAP is most famous for its enterprise resource planning (ERP) […]
42 Things You Can Stop Doing Once ZooKeeper Is Gone from Apache Kafka
Soon, Apache Kafka® will no longer need ZooKeeper! With KIP-500, Kafka will include its own built-in consensus layer, removing the ZooKeeper dependency altogether. The next big milestone in this effort […]
How to Write a Connector for Kafka Connect – Deep Dive into Configuration Handling
Kafka Connect is part of Apache Kafka®, providing streaming integration of external systems in and out of Kafka. There are a large number of existing connectors, and you can also […]
Node.js ❤️ Apache Kafka – Getting Started with KafkaJS
One of the great things about using an Apache Kafka® based architecture is that it naturally decouples systems and allows you to use the best tool for the job. While […]
Helpful Tools for Apache Kafka Developers
Apache Kafka® is at the core of a large ecosystem that includes powerful components, such as Kafka Connect and Kafka Streams. This ecosystem also includes many tools and utilities that […]
Intro to Apache Kafka: How Kafka Works
We recently published tutorial videos and a series of tweets on the Apache Kafka® platform as we see it. After you hear that there’s a thing called Kafka but before […]
What’s New in Apache Kafka 2.7.0
I’m proud to announce the release of Apache Kafka 2.7.0 on behalf of the Apache Kafka® community. The 2.7.0 release contains many new features and improvements. This blog post highlights […]
Spring Your Microservices into Production with Kubernetes and GitOps
Microservice architectures continue to grow within engineering organizations as teams strive to increase development velocity. Microservices promote the idea of modularity as a first-class citizen in a distributed architecture, enabling […]
Transactional Machine Learning at Scale with MAADS-VIPER and Apache Kafka
This blog post shows how transactional machine learning (TML) integrates data streams with automated machine learning (AutoML), using Apache Kafka® as the data backbone, to create a frictionless machine learning […]
Getting Started with Scala and Apache Kafka
If you’re getting started with Apache Kafka® and event streaming applications, you’ll be pleased to see the variety of languages available to start interacting with the event streaming platform. It […]