Apache Kafka 3.4 - New Features & Improvements
Apache Kafka® 3.4 is released! In this special episode, Danica Fine (Senior Developer Advocate, Confluent), shares highlights of the Apache Kafka 3.4 release. This release introduces new KIPs in Kafka...
7 Feb 20235min
How to use OpenTelemetry to Trace and Monitor Apache Kafka Systems
How can you use OpenTelemetry to gain insight into your Apache Kafka® event systems? Roman Kolesnev, Staff Customer Innovation Engineer at Confluent, is a member of the Customer Solutions & Innovation...
1 Feb 202350min
What is Data Democratization and Why is it Important?
Data democratization allows everyone in an organization to have access to the data they need, and the necessary tools needed to use this data effectively. In short, data democratization enables better...
26 Jan 202347min
Git for Data: Managing Data like Code with lakeFS
Is it possible to manage and test data like code? lakeFS is an open-source data version control tool that transforms object storage into Git-like repositories, offering teams a way to use the same wor...
19 Jan 202330min
Using Kafka-Leader-Election to Improve Scalability and Performance
How does leader election work in Apache Kafka®? For the past 2 ½ years, Adithya Chandra, Staff Software Engineer at Confluent, has been working on Kafka scalability and performance, specifically parti...
12 Jan 202351min
Real-Time Machine Learning and Smarter AI with Data Streaming
Are bad customer experiences really just data integration problems? Can real-time data streaming and machine learning be democratized in order to deliver a better customer experience? Airy, an open-so...
5 Jan 202338min
The Present and Future of Stream Processing
The past year saw new trends emerge in the world of data streaming technologies, as well as some unexpected and novel use cases for Apache Kafka®. New reflections on the future of stream processing an...
28 Dec 202231min
Top 6 Worst Apache Kafka JIRA Bugs
Entomophiliac, Anna McDonald (Principal Customer Success Technical Architect, Confluent) has seen her fair share of Apache Kafka® bugs. For her annual holiday roundup of the most noteworthy Kafka bugs...
21 Dec 20221h 10min
