Confluent

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The mission-critical deployments, the robust feature set, the long history all say that Kafka is an Enterprise-capable product. Apache Kafka is going 1.0!

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Kafka 104

Confluent

MAY 15, 2023

Take a tour of the internals of Confluent’s Apache Kafka® service, powered by Kora: the next-generation, cloud-native streaming engine.Kora.

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Confluent

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The top 7 free online courses, tutorials, get started guides, and examples for the easiest way to learn Apache Kafka.

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Kafka 131

Confluent

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Apache Kafka 3.3 includes KRaft mode, improves partition scalability and resiliency while simplifying Kafka deployment, as well as updates to Kafka Streams, Connect, and more.

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Kafka 113

Confluent

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Learn how Apache Kafka message compression works, why and how to use it, the five types of compression, configurations for the compression type, and how messages are decompressed.

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Kafka IT 70

Confluent

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

I’m pleased to announce the release of Apache Kafka 3.0 on behalf of the Apache Kafka® community. Apache Kafka 3.0 Apache […]. is a major release in more ways than one.

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Kafka 145

Confluent

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

There are two main consumer group memberships in Apache Kafka®. Here’s how static and dynamic consumer groups work, how they affect rebalancing, and which to choose for your application.

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Kafka 120

Confluent

JUNE 28, 2023

Get an introduction into the world of events and event-driven architecture in Apache Kafka. Learn what events are and the role they play in event design, event streaming, and event-driven design.

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Confluent

JANUARY 11, 2022

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 […].

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Kafka 138

Confluent

AUGUST 17, 2022

Confluent Hackathon ‘22: Using Apache Kafka a Raspberry Pi, and a camera, Simon Aubury builds a detection and monitoring system to better understand wildlife population trends over time.

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Confluent

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Each one of the more than 50 tutorials for Apache Kafka® on Confluent Developer answers a question that you might ask a knowledgeable friend or colleague about Kafka and its […].

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Kafka IT 135

Confluent

JANUARY 24, 2022

On behalf of the Apache Kafka® community, it is my pleasure to announce the release of Apache Kafka 3.1.0. release contains many improvements and new features. We’ll highlight […].

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Kafka IT 104

Confluent

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Extensive out-of-the-box functionality, a large user community, and up-to-date, cloud-native features make Spring and its libraries a strong option for anchoring your Apache Kafka® and Confluent Cloud based microservices architecture. […].

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Confluent

APRIL 16, 2020

On behalf of the Apache Kafka® community, it is my pleasure to announce the release of Apache Kafka 2.5.0. The community has created another exciting release. We are making progress […].

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Confluent

APRIL 19, 2021

I’m proud to announce the release of Apache Kafka 2.8.0 on behalf of the Apache Kafka® community. release contains many new features and improvements. This blog post highlights […].

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Kafka 138

Confluent

JANUARY 20, 2021

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 […].

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Confluent

MAY 15, 2020

Currently, Apache Kafka® uses Apache ZooKeeper™ to store its metadata. Data such as the location of partitions and the configuration of topics are stored outside of Kafka itself, in a […].

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Confluent

APRIL 14, 2022

It’s not difficult to get started with Apache Kafka®. If you are new to Kafka, […]. Learning resources can be found all over the internet, especially on the Confluent Developer site.

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Kafka 124

Confluent

AUGUST 6, 2020

On behalf of the Apache Kafka® community, it is my pleasure to announce the release of Apache Kafka 2.6.0. This another exciting release with many new features and improvements. We’ll […].

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Kafka IT 136

Confluent

JANUARY 10, 2024

Confluent Cloud is now 10x faster than Apache Kafka. Read our latency benchmarking results, the innovations behind-the-scenes, and the lessons we learned.

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Kafka Cloud 89

Confluent

JANUARY 17, 2024

Curious how to start building real-time streaming apps with programming languages for Apache Kafka? Explore the latest tutorials, courses, and articles on Kafka languages to jumpstart your journey.

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Programming Language Kafka Programming Building 62

Confluent

MARCH 30, 2021

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, […].

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Kafka Data 145

Confluent

AUGUST 21, 2020

Apache Kafka® is one of the most popular event streaming systems. Kafka […]. There are many ways to compare systems in this space, but one thing everyone cares about is performance.

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Kafka Systems 145

Confluent

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Learn how to use Apache Flink to build a Java pipeline that consumes clickstream data from Apache Kafka.

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Start Data Engineering

JUNE 11, 2020

I have seen, heard and been asked questions and comments like What is Kafka and When should I use it? I don’t understand why we have to use Kafka The objective of this post is to get you up to speed with what Apache Kafka is, when to use them and the foundational concepts of Apache Kafka with a simple example.

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Confluent

MARCH 21, 2024

See the highlights from Kafka Summit London 2024, and learn about how data streaming platforms, Gen AI, and Apache Flink® are driving innovation in the data streaming community.

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Kafka Data 70

Confluent

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Welcome Pythonistas to the streaming data world centered around Apache Kafka®! If you’re using Python and ready to get hands-on with Kafka, then you’re in the right place. This blog […].

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Confluent

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

GraphQL and Apache Kafka® are sometimes troubled with misconceptions. One of the reasons for this is that people are often familiar with one but not the other. GraphQL is mostly […].

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Kafka 119

Confluent

DECEMBER 21, 2020

I’m proud to announce the release of Apache Kafka 2.7.0 on behalf of the Apache Kafka® community. release contains many new features and improvements. This blog post highlights […].

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Kafka 113

Confluent

MAY 21, 2021

Apache Kafka® applications run in a distributed manner across multiple containers or machines. And in the world of distributed systems, what can go wrong often goes wrong. This blog post […].

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Kafka Systems 127

Confluent

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

An in-depth analysis of the various ways to join streams and tables in Apache Kafka's Streams API.

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Confluent

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Debugging Apache Kafka® issues shouldn’t send shivers down your spine. Explore the latest blog posts, on-demand videos, and demos on Kafka troubleshooting to ease your fears.

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Kafka 76

Confluent

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Apache Kafka multi-datacenter with Confluent Replicator, Schema Registry, timestamp preservation, consumer offset reset, failover and failback workflows.

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Kafka 96

Confluent

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

How gaming enterprises like Sony and Big Fish Games use Apache Kafka®, Confluent, and ksqlDB’s data streaming technologies for the best in-game experience, ROI, and real-time capabilities.

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Kafka Technology Data 122

Confluent

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Operating critical Apache Kafka® event streaming applications in production requires sound automation and engineering practices. Streaming applications are often at the center of your transaction processing and data systems, requiring […].

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Confluent

MARCH 9, 2022

Within a few minutes, you provision a fully managed Apache Kafka® cluster […]. Imagine your team wants to design a data streaming architecture and you’re in charge of creating the prototype.

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Kafka Cloud Architecture Designing 124

Confluent

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Apache Kafka® is at the heart of the data transportation layer at Pinterest. The amount of data that runs through Kafka has constantly grown over the years. This growth sometimes […].

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