Voices of the Kafka Community

Kafka war stories, hot takes, and hard-won lessons from real practitioners.

Harshada Yesane interview at Current LondonKafka, AI Agents, and Data Quality at LinkedInSee what Harshada Yesane, a Senior Software Engineer on LinkedIn's Brooklin project, has to say about her experience building AI agents.
Hugh Evans interview at Current LondonKafka's Tricky Parts: Auth, Hot Topics, and PartitionsSee what Hugh Evans, a Senior Developer Advocate at Aiven, has to say about the parts of Kafka that are easier said than done.
Ash Goel interview at Current LondonKafka's Role in AI Acceleration, and Open Formats at BNYSee what Ash Goel, who heads a data engineering team at BNY, has to say about cutting through the AI hype.
Jagadeesh Rajah interview at Current LondonKafka Architecture and Its Limits at FortumSee what Jagadeesh Rajah, who architects Kafka at Fortum, has to say about why one platform can't solve everything.
Abubakar Zahid interview at Current LondonData Lineage and Exactly-Once at TrayportSee what Abubakar Zahid, a backend engineer at Trayport, has to say about data lineage and exactly-once semantics.
Adrian Woodhead interviewOptimizing Kafka Throughput at Human SecuritySee what Adrian Woodhead, a Distinguished Engineer at Human Security, has to say about why the less efficient compression won on throughput.
Stephan Schiffner interview at Current LondonWhy Kafka Platforms Stall on People, Not TechSee what Stephan Schiffner, the CTO at Steadforce, has to say about why internal IT becomes the bottleneck.
Vinzenz Halhammer interview at Current LondonHow Fresh Does Your Data Really Need To BeSee what Vinzenz Halhammer, a data engineer at Steadforce, has to say about what deserves your Kafka resources.