Ever wondered how Netflix handles MILLIONS of users clicking, swiping, and streaming simultaneously? The answer is Kafka - and you're about to learn exactly how it works!
#apachekafka
More self-promotion, but with good intentions: The early-bird price ends soon!
In March 2026 I’m doing my half-day “intro dive” workshop on event-driven architecture again, including a small Java/Kafka/Spring hands-on. If you’re curious about EDA or want to sharpen your toolbox, join us!
On-site in Munich, in German 🇩🇪.
➡️ https://software-architecture-summit.de/muenchen/
#eda #eventdrivenarchitecture #softwarearchitecture #workshop #training #java #apachekafka #spring
Kafka Consumer Scalability: Why Partitioning Alone Isn’t Enough
Designing with Kafka, Pulsar, or EventStoreDB? Milan Savic’s “Dynamic Consistency Boundaries” rethink how we model consistency in append-only systems.
Less contention, more flexibility—without losing correctness.
Must-read: https://javapro.io/en/dynamic-consistency-boundaries-event-sourcing/
#CaseStudy - Karrot replaced its legacy recommendation system with a new scalable architecture powered by multiple AWS services.
The shift addresses issues of tight coupling, limited scalability, and poor reliability in the previous setup - moving to a distributed, event-driven design built on scalable cloud infrastructure.
🔗 Learn how they did it: https://bit.ly/4pzELow
#AWS #EventDrivenArchitecture #DistributedCache #ApacheKafka #InfoQ
Kafka Connectors: More than just configs
https://skey.uk/post/kafka-connectors-more-than-just-configs/
Colocating Input Partitions with Kafka Streams When Consuming Multiple Topics: Sub-Topology Matters!
IBM to Acquire Confluent to Create Smart Data Platform for Enterprise Generative AI
ARMONK, NY and MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, Dec. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Confluent, Inc. (NASDAQ:CFLT),…
#NewsBeep #News #Topstories #acquisition #AI #ApacheKafka #ArvindKrishna #Confluent #ConfluentIntelligence #Connectors #DataStreaming #generativeAI #Headlines #ibm #JayKreps #StreamGovernance #StreamProcessing #StreamingAgents #Tableflow #TopStories
https://www.newsbeep.com/296866/
IBM is reportedly in talks to buy Confluent for $11 bn, a move that could tighten its grip on Apache Kafka and boost its AI‑driven cloud software stack. CEO Arvind Krishna eyes deeper data streaming capabilities, while rivals like HashiCorp watch closely. What does this mean for the open‑source ecosystem? Dive into the details. #IBM #Confluent #ApacheKafka #CloudSoftware
🔗 https://aidailypost.com/news/ibm-talks-acquire-confluent-usd-11-bn-cloud-software-sees-9-growth
The Data Streaming Landscape 2026
https://www.kai-waehner.de/blog/2025/12/05/the-data-streaming-landscape-2026/
The Ins and Outs of KIP-1150: Diskless Topics in Apache Kafka
Scaling Email Sync to Thousands of Inboxes — Our Kafka-Powered Architecture
Grab Adds Real-Time Data Quality Monitoring to Its Platform
Grab, a Singapore-based digital service delivery platform, added data quality monitoring to their Coban internal platform to improve…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #AI #ApacheKafka #Architecture&Design #grabkafkadataquality #Latvia #LV #ML&DataEngineering #Observability
https://www.newsbeep.com/290341/
A step-by-step guide to deploying a complete, Dockerized data stack with Kafka, Flink, Spark, Druid, Airflow, and Iceberg for both real-time and batch analytics.
Complete Hands-On Guide: Testing Kafka Configuration Settings — A Real Developer Journey
Deploying Kafka Streams Applications on Kubernetes: Patterns and Anti-Patterns
Real-time data quality monitoring: Kafka stream contracts with syntactic and semantic test
https://engineering.grab.com/real-time-data-quality-monitoring
Apache Kafka: The Distributed Backbone of Reliable Data Systems (An SRE Perspective)
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