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We saw in the earlier articles (part 1, part 2) in this series how to use the Kafka Connect API to build out a very simple, but powerful and scalable, streaming

At The New York Times we have a number of different systems that are used for producing content. We have several Content Management Systems, and we use third-party data and

Another successful Kafka Summit is in the books! Around 800 Apache Kafka® committers, users, and enthusiasts joined us at the Hilton Union Square in San Francisco for a day of

Update: ksqlDB is the successor to KSQL. Read the announcement to learn more. I’m really excited to announce KSQL, a streaming SQL engine for Apache Kafka®. KSQL lowers the entry

A huge number of people have been hard at work to make today happen. Our speakers have been writing presentations and preparing to teach their audiences about new Apache Kafka®

In the previous article in this blog series I showed how easy it is to stream data out of a database into Apache Kafka®, using the Kafka Connect API. I

When you build microservices using Apache Kafka®, the log can be used as more than just a communication protocol. It can be used to store events: messaging that remembers. This

This short series of articles is going to show you how to stream data from a database (MySQL) into Apache Kafka® and from Kafka into both a text file and Elasticsearch—all

Just a few months ago, hundreds of Apache Kafka® users and leaders from 400+ companies and 20 countries gathered in New York City to learn about the latest Kafka developments

This post discusses Event Sourcing in the context of Apache Kafka®, examining the need for a single source of truth that spans entire service estates. Events are Truth One of