#Kafka
3 articles on Kafka. Practical notes, patterns, and lessons from building software.
Kafka for Beginners: What It Is, When to Use It, and Producer/Consumer Examples in Java, Python, Node.js, and Go
A ground-up introduction to Apache Kafka — what it actually is, the handful of features that matter, the use cases it's genuinely good at, and working producer/consumer snippets in four languages so you can run your first topic in under ten minutes.
KafkaEvent StreamingBeginner
Event Streaming with Kafka : Server-to-Server Communication Technologies
A comprehensive guide to event streaming with Apache Kafka — covering topics, partitions, consumer groups, exactly-once semantics, Schema Registry, Kafka Streams, and production deployment patterns.
ArchitectureBackendKafka
Real-Time Data Pipelines: Lessons From Production
Real-time data pipelines sound simple: ingest data, process it, serve results. In production with gigabytes per second, every architectural decision compounds. These are the lessons learned the hard way.
Data EngineeringReal-timeProduction