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0️⃣💾 the most concise explanation of the operating system's zero-copy concept in 2 minutes
why enabling this feature can save you 50% of your Apache Kafka's deployment's total cost in the cloud
is kafka really that expensive?
the most concise and simple explanation out there
what it takes to process 100s of GB/s with competing requirements
A year-end review of the streaming ecosystem: acquisitions, existential pivots, and the slow march toward table formats.
why you don't need Kafka (all the time)
How Apache Kafka's KRaft consensus protocol works in 2 minutes
a cornerstore of Kafka's replication protocol
KIP-1150 brings 20x cheaper storage and infinitely cheaper data transfer fees
see the top 3 features, and some trivia around other major releases
uncovering the commonly-confused min insync replicas setting
10 interesting posts to keep you busy on the weekend
