What problems does Apache Kafka Solve? (with Neil Buesing)

Neil Buesing is a seasoned Apache Kafka® user, and a respected voice from the Kafka community who specialises in helping companies make the best use of Kafka. And that makes him the ideal person to ask the $64,000 question: What problems can Kafka actually solve for me? Because Kafka's definitely interesting, and it can be fun, but to earn a place in the toolbox it has to make life easier.

In answering that question, Neil covers a tonne of ground, from queuing and quasi-databases, transitioning from batch to real-time, and solving general software integration headaches.

If you have data problems, big or small, join us to figure out if Kafka is the answer.

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0:00 Intro
1:28 Interview
1:00:59 Outro

[itsmeonline-cwxq]

Great show, . Really appreciate these style of discussions on Kafka/Redpanda topics.
Thanks for creating and sharing these Neil.

[invina]

Thank you for this simple introduction to Kafka. I have an interview lined-up and badly needed this type of explanation.

[juanmamani]

"the ideal person to ask the $64, 000 question" and host > 1K ... really thanks for your quality content

[TheBinomial]

thank you Kris & Neil for sharing valuable insights into use-cases for Kafka.

[edgeeffect]

I can't say I'm particularly familiar with the works of Franz Kafka but I am all to familiar with the term "Kafkaesque" which Merriam-Webster defines as "...having a nightmarish complex, bizarre, or illogical quality". Based on this, is it wise (or, at least, "good marketing") to name your software "Kafka"????
"Yeah!!! Use our software... It's nightmarish! It's complex! It's Bizarre! It has an illogical quality!" - just doesn't "work", does it?