Dive into the world of real-time data streaming with this introduction to Apache Kafka. This talk is tailored for developers, data engineers, and IT professionals who want to gain a foundational understanding of Kafka, a powerful open-source platform used for building scalable, event-driven applications.You will learn about:

Kafka fundamentals: the core concepts of Kafka, including topics, partitions, producers, and consumers

The Kafka ecosystem: brokers, clients, Schema Registry, and Kafka Connect

Stream processing: Kafka Streams and Apache Flink

Use cases: discover how data streaming with Kafka has transformed various industries

Do you struggle with PRs? Have you ever had to change code even though you disagreed with the change just to land the PR? Have you ever given feedback that would have improved the code only to get into a comment war? We'll discuss how to give and receive feedback to extract maximum value from it and avoid all the communication problems that come with PRs.