SKSachin Kamathinzeliot-official.hashnode.dev·2d ago · 21 min readReal-Time Inventory Management with Kafka: How Retailers Are Eliminating StockoutsTL;DR Retailers process thousands of inventory transactions every second across physical stores, eCommerce platforms, warehouses, suppliers, and fulfillment centers. Yet many inventory systems still r00
SKSachin Kamathinzeliot-official.hashnode.dev·Jul 2 · 24 min readKafka Streams: A Production Guide to Joins, Aggregations, and Stateful ProcessingTL;DR Building real-time data pipelines is often more complex than it appears at first. A simple stream processing application may start with a few Kafka topics, joins, and aggregations. As data volum00
SKSachin Kamathinzeliot-official.hashnode.dev·Jun 19 · 31 min readWhy Kafka Migration Projects Fail: 7 Critical Challenges and How to Prevent ThemTL;DR Migrating a Kafka deployment is rarely just an infrastructure exercise. While moving brokers and topics is relatively straightforward, the real complexity lies in migrating the surrounding ecosy00
SKSachin Kamathinzeliot-official.hashnode.dev·Jun 18 · 18 min readUnlock Kafka Schemas with Karapace: Hands-On GuideTL;DR Kafka handles event streaming: producers write to topics, consumers read. JSON parsing lags at scale, so use Karapace Schema Registry (open-source Confluent alternative) with Protobuf for effici00
SKSachin Kamathinzeliot-official.hashnode.dev·Jun 16 · 9 min readApache Kafka 4.3.0 Update: What’s New in Kafka 4.3.0 TL;DR Apache Kafka 4.3.0 introduces major operational and infrastructure improvements across KRaft, tiered storage, consumer group coordination, security, Kafka Streams, and Kafka Connect. The release00