Preface
During my time as a software developer, I’ve had the good fortune to work with current software on exciting projects. I started out doing a mix of client-side and backend work; but I found I preferred to work solely on the backend, so I made my home there. As time went on, I transitioned to working on distributed systems, beginning with Hadoop (then in its pre-1.0 release). Fast-forward to a new project, and I had an opportunity to use Kafka. My initial impression was how simple Kafka was to work with; it also brought a lot of power and flexibility. I found more and more ways to integrate Kafka into delivering project data. Writing producers and consumers was straightforward, and Kafka improved the quality of our system.
Then I learned ...
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