Tool Open source
Apache Kafka is an open-source distributed event-streaming platform developed by the Apache Software Foundation. It is used for high-performance data pipelines, streaming analytics, data integration, and mission-critical applications, and can be deployed on premises, in a cluster, or through a managed service. The official repository contains Java and Scala source code, build tasks, documentation generation, and unit and integration tests.
1 use taken from transcripts — each links to the moment in the video.
An event-streaming platform discussed in the context of handling 100 million events per day, with the choice between running it on-premises, in a cluster, or using a managed service depending on location, expertise, and total cost of ownership.
1 in the library.