Apache Kafka® 3.5 is here with the capability of previewing migrations between ZooKeeper clusters to KRaft mode. Follow along as... more

After recording 64 episodes and featuring 58 amazing guests, the Streaming Audio podcast series has amassed over 130,000 plays on... more

Have you ever struggled with managing data long term, especially as the schema changes over time? In order to manage... more

Can you use Apache Kafka® and Python together? What’s the current state of Python support? And what are the best... more

In this episode, Kris interviews Doron Porat, Director of Infrastructure at Yotpo, and Liran Yogev, Director of Engineering at ZipRecruiter... more

Migrating Apache Kafka® clusters can be challenging, especially when moving large amounts of data while minimizing downtime. Michael Dunn (Solutions... more

dbt is known as being part of the Modern Data Stack for ELT processes. Being in the MDS, dbt Labs... more

What’s the next big thing in the future of streaming data? In this episode, Greg DeMichillie (VP of Product and... more

What can online gaming teach us about making large-scale event management more collaborative in real-time? Ben Gamble (Developer Relations Manager,... more

Apache Kafka® 3.4 is released! In this special episode, Danica Fine (Senior Developer Advocate, Confluent), shares highlights of the Apache... more

How can you use OpenTelemetry to gain insight into your Apache Kafka® event systems? Roman Kolesnev, Staff Customer Innovation Engineer... more

Data democratization allows everyone in an organization to have access to the data they need, and the necessary tools needed... more

Is it possible to manage and test data like code? lakeFS is an open-source data version control tool that transforms... more

How does leader election work in Apache Kafka®? For the past 2 ½ years, Adithya Chandra, Staff Software Engineer at... more

Are bad customer experiences really just data integration problems? Can real-time data streaming and machine learning be democratized in order... more

The past year saw new trends emerge in the world of data streaming technologies, as well as some unexpected and... more

Entomophiliac, Anna McDonald (Principal Customer Success Technical Architect, Confluent) has seen her fair share of Apache Kafka® bugs. For her... more

Could you explain Apache Kafka® in ways that a small child could understand? When Mitch Seymour, author of Mastering Kafka... more

What are the key factors to consider when developing event-driven architecture? When properly designed, events can connect existing systems with... more

Is there a better way to manage access to resources without compromising security? New employees need access to a variety... more

Can we use machine learning to detect security threats in real-time? As organizations increasingly rely on distributed systems, it is... more

What happens when you need to store more than a few petabytes of data? Rittika Adhikari (Software Engineer, Confluent) discusses... more

In principle, data mesh architecture should liberate teams to build their systems and gather data in a distributed way, without... more

Is real-time data streaming the future, or will batch processing always be with us? Interest in streaming data architecture is... more

Streaming real-time data at scale and processing it efficiently is critical to cybersecurity organizations like SecurityScorecard. Jared Smith, Senior Director... more

What are some recommendations to consider when running Apache Kafka® in production? Jun Rao, one of the original Kafka creators,... more

Is it possible to build a real-time data platform without using stateful stream processing? Forecasty.ai is an artificial intelligence platform... more

Java Virtual Machines (JVMs) impact Apache Kafka® performance in production. How can you optimize your event-streaming architectures so they process... more

Apache Kafka® 3.3 is released! With over two years of development, KIP-833 marks KRaft as production ready for new AK... more

How do you set data applications in motion by running stateful business logic on streaming data? Capturing key stream processing... more

What’s your favorite podcast? Would you like to find some new ones? In celebration of International Podcast Day, Kris Jenkins... more

How do you build an event-driven application that can react to real-time data streams as they happen? Kris Jenkins (Senior... more

Processing real-time event streams enables countless use cases big and small. With a day job designing and building highly available... more

How do you analyze Reddit sentiment with Apache Kafka® and microservices? Bringing the fresh perspective of someone who is both... more

How do you plan Apache Kafka® capacity and Kafka Streams sizing for optimal performance? When Jason Bell (Principal Engineer, Dataworks... more

Reimagining a data architecture to provide real-time data flow for sporting events can be complicated, especially for organizations with as... more

Inheriting software in the banking sector can be challenging. Perhaps the only thing harder is inheriting software built by a... more

Security is a primary consideration for any system design, and Apache Kafka® is no exception. Out of the box, Kafka... more

Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) is the Java API used to connect to a database. As one of the most popular... more

Setting up a reliable cloud networking for your Apache Kafka® infrastructure can be complex. There are many factors to consider—cost,... more

How do the principles of chaotic, agile operations in the military apply to software development and event-driven systems? As a... more

Imagine you can process and analyze real-time event streams for intelligence to mitigate cyber threats or keep soldiers constantly alerted... more

How is Apache Kafka® relevant to blockchain technology and cryptocurrency? Fotios Filacouris (Staff Solutions Engineer, Confluent) has been working with... more

To ensure safe and efficient deployment of Apache Kafka® clusters across multiple cloud providers, Confluent rolled out a large scale... more

What are some of the common mistakes that you have seen with Apache Kafka® record production and consumption? Nikoleta Verbeck... more

A well-written abstract is your ticket to conferences, but how do you write an excellent synopsis that will get accepted?... more

What is a developer advocate and how do you become one? In this episode, we have seasoned developer advocates, Kris... more

Data mesh isn’t software you can download and install, so how do you build a data mesh? In this episode,... more

Stream processing can be hard or easy depending on the approach you take, and the tools you choose. This sentiment... more

Apache Kafka® isn’t just for day jobs according to Danica Fine (Senior Developer Advocate, Confluent). It can be used to... more

Apache Kafka® 3.2 delivers new KIPs in three different areas of the Kafka ecosystem: Kafka Core, Kafka Streams, and... more

How much can Apache Kafka® scale horizontally, and how can you automatically balance, or rebalance data to ensure optimal performance?You... more

What are useful practices for migrating a system to Apache Kafka® and Confluent Cloud, and why use Confluent to modernize... more

Coding is inherently enjoyable and experimental. With the goal of bringing fun into programming, Kris Jenkins (Senior Developer Advocate, Confluent)... more

You already know Apache Kafka® is a distributed event streaming system for setting your data in motion, but how does... more

What is event modeling and how does it differ from standard data modeling?In this episode of Streaming Audio, Bobby Calderwood,... more

New Relic runs one of the larger Apache Kafka® installations in the world, ingesting circa 125 petabytes a month, or... more

Confluent Platform 7.1 expands upon its already innovative features, adding improvements in key areas that benefit data consistency, allow for... more

Scaling Apache Kafka® can be tricky, let alone scaling a team. When he was first hired, Domenico Fioravanti of Therapie... more

What is GraphQL? And how can you combine GraphQL with Apache Kafka® to query data in real time?With over 10... more