Confluent Blog
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.
What’s New in Apache Kafka 3.1.0
On behalf of the Apache Kafka® community, it is my pleasure to announce the release of Apache Kafka 3.1.0. The 3.1.0 release contains many improvements and new features. We’ll highlight […]
Customer Support at Confluent: Good People, Rapid Growth
What’s it really like to spend your days helping Confluent customers? Below, Alex Altman (Senior Director of Americas Support), Sam Hecht (VP, Global Support and Success Engineering), and Anna McDonald […]
Introduction to Streaming Data Pipelines with Apache Kafka and ksqlDB
A data pipeline is a method for getting data from one system to another, whether for analytics purposes or for storage. Learning the elements that make up this proven architecture […]
How Instacart Upscaled Its Data Pipelines to Handle 10 Years of Growth in 6 Weeks
Instacart’s core mission—to create a world where everyone has access to the food they love and more time to enjoy it together—took on a new level of importance and urgency […]
Announcing the Confluent Q1 ‘22 Launch
The Confluent Q1 ‘22 Launch is live and packed full of new features that enable businesses to continue innovating quickly with real-time experiences fueled by data in motion. Our quarterly […]
Announcing ksqlDB 0.23.1
We’re pleased to announce ksqlDB 0.23.1! This release allows you to now perform pull queries on streams, which makes it much easier to find a given record in a topic. […]
5 Common Pitfalls When Using Apache Kafka
Whether you’re a seasoned Apache Kafka® developer or just getting started you’re likely to hit a snag at some point or another—either in configuring and understanding your clients or setting […]
Auto-Balancing and Optimizing Apache Kafka Clusters with Improved Observability and Elasticity in Confluent Platform 7.0
While Self-Balancing Clusters (SBC) perform effectively in balancing Apache Kafka® clusters, one of the common themes we hear from our users is that they would love some visibility into the […]
The Link To Cloud: How to Build a Seamless and Secure Hybrid Data Bridge with Cluster Linking
Chances are your business is migrating to the cloud. But if you operate business applications in an on-premises datacenter, you know firsthand that the journey to the cloud is fraught […]
Creating Positive Behavioral Changes at Scale with Confluent and ksqlDB at Omada
At Omada, we change mindsets to change health by partnering with our care teams to discover the behavior change techniques that lead to optimal care pathways for members across our […]
Enterprise Mainframe Change Data Capture (CDC) to Apache Kafka with tcVISION and Confluent
Users with business-critical data locked in mainframes want to exploit this data by using Confluent to deploy in either a public cloud, multicloud, on-premises, or hybrid infrastructure. In collaboration with […]
I Interviewed Nearly 200 Apache Kafka Experts and I Learned These 10 Things
Many leading lights of the Apache Kafka® community have appeared as guests on Streaming Audio at one time or another in the past three years. But some of its episodes […]
Real-Time Log Analytics as a Service with Confluent and Elasticsearch
Collecting and indexing logs from servers, applications, and devices enables crucial visibility into running systems. A log analytics pipeline allows teams to debug and troubleshoot issues, track historical trends, or […]
Deploy Confluent Platform in 5 Steps with the Ansible Installer
An initial distributed deployment of Confluent Platform is often a necessary step toward supporting your first real-time data use case. We offer enterprise-grade deployment orchestration with Confluent for Kubernetes and […]