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Apache Kafka is a fascinating product that solves a problem that almost nobody has. If the Internet is a series of tubes (RIP Ted Stevens), Apache Kafka is the pipe that connects high-volume ...

When the big data movement started it was mostly focused on batch processing. Distributed data storage and querying tools like MapReduce, Hive, and Pig were all designed to process data in batches ...

Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, and Apache Iceberg are among the most popular technologies in the data ecosystem. While Kafka enables you to move data around in real time, Flink allows you to process data ...