A curated collection of tech articles covering design systems, data platforms, real-time alerts, microservices, and IoT security.
Explores reimagining Apache Kafka for the cloud, proposing a diskless, partition-free design with key-centric streams and topic hierarchies.
Explores reimagining Apache Kafka as a cloud-native event log, proposing features like partitionless design, key-centric access, and topic hierarchies.
A guide to building a native Apache Kafka binary on macOS using GraalVM for faster startup times, based on the official KIP-974 configuration.
A guide to building a native Apache Kafka binary on macOS using GraalVM for faster startup times, based on the KIP-974 configuration.
Explores KIP-932, a proposal to add queue semantics and share groups to Apache Kafka for improved message processing.
Explores KIP-932, a proposal to add queue semantics and share groups to Apache Kafka for improved message processing.
A technical analysis of the Outbox Pattern for microservices, its implementation, criticisms, and modern alternatives in 2024.
A technical analysis of the Outbox Pattern for microservices, examining its implementation, criticisms, and modern alternatives in 2024.
An overview of Apache Kafka, explaining its core concepts as a distributed event streaming platform for real-time data pipelines.
A software engineer explains their decision to join Decodable, a startup building a serverless real-time data platform, focusing on stream processing.
A software engineer explains their decision to join Decodable, a startup building a serverless real-time data platform, focusing on stream processing.
A tutorial on setting up a local Apache Kafka cluster for testing using Docker and Docker Compose.
A guide to testing custom Kafka Connect source connectors, covering unit and integration testing strategies with code examples.
A guide to testing custom Kafka Connect source connectors, covering unit and integration testing strategies with code examples.
A recap of 2021 conference talks on Debezium and Change Data Capture (CDC), exploring patterns and integrations with tools like Kafka and Pinot.
A recap of 2021 conference talks on Debezium and Change Data Capture (CDC), exploring patterns and integrations with tools like Kafka and Infinispan.
An analysis of current trends in the Apache Kafka ecosystem, focusing on connector growth, self-service data pipelines, and stream processing adoption.
An analysis of key trends in the Apache Kafka ecosystem, including connector growth, self-service data pipelines, and stream processing adoption.
An overview of Kafka's new KRaft mode, which removes the ZooKeeper dependency for metadata management and controller election.
