ksqlDB Fundamentals: How Apache Kafka, SQL, and ksqlDB Work Together ft. Simon Aubury
What is ksqlDB and how does Simon Aubury (Principal Data Engineer, Thoughtworks) use it to track down the plane that wakes his cat Snowy in the morning? Experienced in building real-time applications ...
1 Dec 202130min
Explaining Stream Processing and Apache Kafka ft. Eugene Meidinger
Many of us find ourselves in the position of equipping others to use Apache Kafka® after we’ve gained an understanding of what Kafka is used for. But how do you communicate and teach others event stre...
23 Nov 202129min
Handling Message Errors and Dead Letter Queues in Apache Kafka ft. Jason Bell
If you ever wondered what exactly dead letter queues (DLQs) are and how to use them, Jason Bell (Senior DataOps Engineer, Digitalis) has an answer for you. Dead letter queues are a feature of Kafka Co...
16 Nov 202137min
Confluent Platform 7.0: New Features + Updates
Confluent Platform 7.0 has launched and includes Apache Kafka® 3.0, plus new features introduced by KIP-630: Kafka Raft Snapshot, KIP-745: Connect API to restart connector and task, and KIP-695: Furth...
9 Nov 202112min
Real-Time Stream Processing with Kafka Streams ft. Bill Bejeck
Kafka Streams is a native streaming library for Apache Kafka® that consumes messages from Kafka to perform operations like filtering a topic’s message and producing output back into Kafka. After worki...
4 Nov 202135min
Automating Infrastructure as Code with Apache Kafka and Confluent ft. Rosemary Wang
Managing infrastructure as code (IaC) instead of using manual processes makes it easy to scale systems and minimize errors. Rosemary Wang (Developer Advocate, HashiCorp, and author of “Essential Infra...
26 Okt 202130min
Getting Started with Spring for Apache Kafka ft. Viktor Gamov
What’s the distinction between the Spring Framework and Spring Boot? If you are building a car, the Spring Framework is the engine while Spring Boot gives you the vehicle that you ride in. With experi...
19 Okt 202132min
Powering Event-Driven Architectures on Microsoft Azure with Confluent
When you order a pizza, what if you knew every step of the process from the moment it goes in the oven to being delivered to your doorstep? Event-Driven Architecture is a modern, data-driven approach ...
14 Okt 202138min
