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Introduction How does a large application process millions of events every day? Imagine a food delivery app during dinner time. Thousands of customers are placing orders, restaurants are accepting the

Jul 10 · 11 min read · html-dev09.hashnode.dev  
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[CH SHAKISH](https://hashnode.com/@ch-shakish)

[Jul 10](https://hashnode.com/posts/kafka-explained-like-you-re-5-events-partitions-and-consumer-groups/6a51134a7ed717bfddd719bc/comment/6a513cf5a5757cd0b960bb98)

Great explanation 🤝

[Kanishka Shashi](https://hashnode.com/@Kshashi22)

[Jul 12](https://hashnode.com/posts/kafka-explained-like-you-re-5-events-partitions-and-consumer-groups/6a51134a7ed717bfddd719bc/comment/6a513cf5a5757cd0b960bb98#reply-6a537470fee22b9dd63d603b)

Thank you 😊