Five Problems to Migrate KafkaIf you've ever planned a Kafka migration, you probably wondered: "We need to move our clusters. Which tool should we use?" A small question that needs a big answer. Asking which tool migrates a KafkJul 31 · 4 min readconduktor.hashnode.dev
The Delete Button Hiding in Your Schema RegistryQuick question: right now, which of your applications can delete a schema from your registry? If you run Kafka at any real scale, you run a schema registry too. It's the shared contract every producerJul 17 · 6 min readconduktor.hashnode.dev
The State Machine Hiding in Your Kafka ConsumerSketch a Kafka consumer: you get two boxes and an arrow: your app on the left, Kafka on the right, poll() pulling records across a single connection. Clean. And wrong. A consumer calling poll() is runJul 10 · 9 min readconduktor.hashnode.dev
How to Cross-VPC KafkaIf you have ever tried to let a client in one VPC talk to a Kafka cluster in another, you have probably reached for VPC peering, made it work for two networks, and then turned into a mess to add more Jul 3 · 8 min readconduktor.hashnode.dev
The best way to self-serve Kafka: Policies and TemplatesAs platform team, if you've built a Kafka self-service for your application teams, it's because you want developers to create their own resources (topics and connectors) without filing a ticket to youJun 26 · 7 min readconduktor.hashnode.dev