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Confluent Developer ft. Tim Berglund, Adi Polak & Viktor Gamov

Hi, we’re Tim Berglund, Adi Polak, and Viktor Gamov and we’re excited to bring you the Confluent Developer podcast (formerly “Streaming Audio.”) Our hand-crafted weekly episodes feature in-depth interviews with our community of software developers (actual human beings - not AI) talking about some of the most interesting challenges they’ve faced in their careers. We aim to explore the conditions that gave rise to each person’s technical hurdles, as well as how their experiences transformed their

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41:44

Developer Advocacy (and Kafka Summit) in the Pandemic...

Confluent Developer ft. Tim Berglund, Adi Polak &... ·

2020/08/12

All Confluent developer advocates...assemble! COVID-19 has changed the face of meetings and events, halting all in-person gatherings and forcing companies to adapt on the fly. In today's episode of Streaming Audio, the developer advocates come together to discuss how their jobs have changed during the worldwide pandemic. Less than a year ago, this group was constantly on the road or in a plane on their way to present something new about Apache Kafka and event streaming, so how has the current

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10:37

Apache Kafka 2.6 - Overview of Latest Features,...

Confluent Developer ft. Tim Berglund, Adi Polak &... ·

2020/08/06

Apache Kafka® 2.6 is out! This release includes progress toward removing ZooKeeper dependency, adding client quota APIs to the admin client, and exposing disk read and write metrics, and support for Java 14. In addition, there are improvements to Kafka Connect, such as allowing source connectors to set topic-specific settings for new topics and expanding Connect worker internal topic settings. Kafka 2.6 also augments metrics for Kafka Streams and adds emit-on-change support for Kafka Streams, as

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39:36

Testing ksqlDB Applications ft. Viktor Gamov

Confluent Developer ft. Tim Berglund, Adi Polak &... ·

2020/08/03

Viktor Gamov (Developer Advocate, Confluent) returns to Streaming Audio to explain the magic of ksqlDB, ideal testing environments for ksqlDB, and the ksqlDB test runner. For those who are just starting to explore the interface, Viktor provides some tips and best practices for what to look out for too. He also talks about the future of ksqlDB, the future of integration testing, and his favorite new feature among recent upgrades.EPISODE LINKSStreaming Audio episodes on ksqlDBWatch #LiveStreams with

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54:29

How to Measure the Business Value of Confluent Cloud...

Confluent Developer ft. Tim Berglund, Adi Polak &... ·

2020/07/27

As developers, we are good at envisioning the future state of any given system we want to build, but are we as good at telling the business how those changes positively impact the bottom line? Lyndon Hedderly (Team Lead, Business Value Consulting, Confluent) describes his approach to business value, how to justify a new technology that you’re introducing to your company, and tips on adopting new technologies and processes effectively. As Lyndon walks through each part of the business value

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41:32

Modernizing Inventory Management Technology ft. Sina...

Confluent Developer ft. Tim Berglund, Adi Polak &... ·

2020/07/20

Inventory management systems are crucial for reducing real-time inventory data drift, improving customer experience, and minimizing out-of-stock events. Apache Kafka®’s real-time data technology provides seamless inventory tracking at scale, saving billions of dollars in the supply chain, making modernized data architectures more important to retailers now more than ever. In this episode, we’ll discuss how Apache Kafka allows the implementation of stateful event streaming architectures on a

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54:03

Fault Tolerance and High Availability in Kafka...

Confluent Developer ft. Tim Berglund, Adi Polak &... ·

2020/07/15

Apache Kafka® Committer and PMC member Matthias J. Sax explains fault tolerance, high-availability stream processing, and how it’s done in Kafka Streams. He discusses the differences between changelogging vs. checkpointing and the complexities checkpointing introduces. From there, Matthias explains what hot standbys are and how they are used in Kafka Streams, why Kafka Streams doesn’t do watermarking, and finally, why Kafka Streams is a library and not infrastructure. EPISODE LINKSAsk Confluent #7:

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46:30

Benchmarking Apache Kafka Latency at the 99th...

Confluent Developer ft. Tim Berglund, Adi Polak &... ·

2020/07/08

Real-time stock trades, GPS location, and website click tracking are just a few industries that heavily rely on Apache Kafka®'s real-time messaging and data delivery functions. As such, Kafka's latency is incredibly important.Anna Povzner (Software Engineer, Confluent) gives you the breakdown and everything you need to know when it comes to measuring latency. The five components of latency are produce time, publish time, commit time, catch-up time, and fetch time. When consumer pulling

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43:03

Open Source Workflow Automation with Apache Kafka ft....

Confluent Developer ft. Tim Berglund, Adi Polak &... ·

2020/06/29

What started out as a consulting company, Camunda eventually turned into a developer-friendly, open source vendor that now focuses on workflow automation. Bernd Ruecker, a co-founder and the chief technologist at Camunda, talks through the company's journey, how he ended up in open source, and all things automation, including how it differs from business process management and the issue of diagrams. Bernd also dives into dead letter topics in Apache Kafka®, software interacting with software,

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40:19

Growing the Event Streaming Community During COVID-19...

Confluent Developer ft. Tim Berglund, Adi Polak &... ·

2020/06/24

We've all been affected by COVID-19 in one way or another, resulting in big changes in workplace functionality, productivity, and even our relationships within the Apache Kafka® and Confluent communities as meetings and events have needed to turn virtual. Ale Murray (Global Community Manager, Confluent) shares interesting trends, changes in community metrics, and what we’ve done to adapt as a response. Ale also explains what makes a comprehensive community program and the value of community

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40:27

From Monolith to Microservices with Sam Newman

Confluent Developer ft. Tim Berglund, Adi Polak &... ·

2020/06/17

Author Sam Newman catches up with Tim Berglund (Senior Director of Developer Advocacy, Confluent) in the virtual studio on what microservices are, how they work, the drawbacks of microservices, what splitting the monolith looks like, and patterns to look for. The pair talk through Sam's book “Monolith to Microservices” chapter by chapter, looking at key components of microservices in more detail. Sam also walks through database decomposition, integrating with new technology, and performing

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51:00

Exploring Event Streaming Use Cases with µKanren ft....

Confluent Developer ft. Tim Berglund, Adi Polak &... ·

2020/06/08

Tim Baldridge (Senior Software Engineer, Cisco) joins us on Streaming Audio to talk about event streaming, stream processing use cases, and µKanren. First, Tim shares about his work at Cisco related to intaking viruses, the backend, and finding new ways to process data. Later, Tim talks about interesting bank and airline use cases, as well as his time at Walmart, taking a closer look at specific retail use cases and the product that Walmart used to process data streams. If you’re curious about what

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40:00

Introducing JSON and Protobuf Support ft. David...

Confluent Developer ft. Tim Berglund, Adi Polak &... ·

2020/06/01

Confluent Platform 5.5 introduces long-awaited JSON Schema and Protobuf support in Confluent Schema Registry and across other platform components. Support for Protobuf and JSON Schema in Schema Registry provides the same assurances of data compatibility and consistency we already had with Avro, while opening up Kafka to more businesses, applications, and use cases that are built upon those data serialization formats. Tushar Thole (Engineering Leader, Confluent) and David Araujo (Product Manager,

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42:01

Scaling Apache Kafka in Retail with Microservices ft....

Confluent Developer ft. Tim Berglund, Adi Polak &... ·

2020/05/27

Apache Kafka® is a powerful toolset for microservice architectures. In this podcast, we’ll cover how Boden, an online retail company that specializes in high-end fashion linked to the royal family, used streaming microservices to modernize their business. Matt Simpson (Solutions Architect, Boden) shares a real life use case showing how Kafka has helped Boden digitize their business, transitioning from catalogs to online sales, tracking stock, and identifying buying patterns. Matt also shares about

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31:46

Connecting Snowflake and Apache Kafka ft. Isaac Kunen

Confluent Developer ft. Tim Berglund, Adi Polak &... ·

2020/05/20

Isaac Kunen (Senior Product Manager, Snowflake) and Tim Berglund (Senior Director of Developer Advocacy, Confluent) practice social distancing by meeting up in the virtual studio to discuss all things Apache Kafka® and Kafka Connect at Snowflake. Isaac shares what Snowflake is, what it accomplishes, and his experience with developing connectors. The pair discuss the Snowflake Kafka Connector and some of the unique challenges and adaptations it has had to undergo, as well as the interesting history

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47:09

AMA with Tim Berglund | Streaming Audio Special

Confluent Developer ft. Tim Berglund, Adi Polak &... ·

2020/05/18

Happy 100th episode of Streaming Audio! Thank you to everyone who has listened, subscribed, left a review, and mostly, for sharing our passion for event streaming. We can't wait for the next 100! To celebrate, Ben Stopford (Senior Director of the Office of the CTO, Confluent) hosts an AMA (ask me anything) with Tim, covering 62 questions in total—from his career, his time at Confluent, Marvel vs. DC, and what he looks for in a new hire, to how to nail your next conference talk. We hope you

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42:02

Kubernetes Meets Apache Kafka ft. Kelsey Hightower

Confluent Developer ft. Tim Berglund, Adi Polak &... ·

2020/05/13

Kelsey Hightower was already an advocate, just like all other developers, long before joining Google officially as a developer advocate and Kubernetes expert. Gaining trust in your product, process, and the way you develop code requires the ability to explain those things well. Kelsey reflects on the journey that brought him to where he is today and how Kubernetes has evolved over the years too, including what makes Kubernetes so successful. But Tim is not the only one with questions. Kelsey asks a

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48:52

Apache Kafka Fundamentals: The Concept of Streams and...

Confluent Developer ft. Tim Berglund, Adi Polak &... ·

2020/05/04

If you’ve ever wondered what Apache Kafka® is, what it’s used for, or wanted to learn about Kafka architecture and all its components, buckle up! In today’s episode, Michael Noll (Principal Technologist, Confluent) and Tim Berglund (Senior Director of Developer Advocacy, Confluent) discuss a series of fundamental questions: What is Kafka? What is an event? How do we organize and store events? And what is Kafka Streams? Over the course of this episode, Michael covers an in-depth look into Kafka

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40:55

IoT Integration and Real-Time Data Correlation with...

Confluent Developer ft. Tim Berglund, Adi Polak &... ·

2020/04/29

There are two primary industries within the Internet of Things (IoT): industrial IoT (IIoT) and consumer IoT (CIoT), both of which can benefit from the Apache Kafka® ecosystem, including Kafka Streams and Kafka Connect. Kai Waehner, who works in the advanced tech group at Confluent with customers, defining their needs, use cases, and architecture, shares example use cases where he’s seen IoT integration in action. He specifically focuses on Walmart and its real-time customer integration using the

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11:20

Confluent Platform 5.5 | What's New in This Release +...

Confluent Developer ft. Tim Berglund, Adi Polak &... ·

2020/04/24

Confluent Platform 5.5 is out, and Tim Berglund (Senior Director of Developer Advocacy, Confluent) is here to give you the latest updates! The first is improved schema management and Confluent Schema Registry support for Protobuf and JSON, making these components pluggable. The second is better support for languages other than Java within the sphere of librdkafka. And finally, this release includes an upgrade to ksqlDB, which expands its functionality, supports more data types, increases

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46:21

Making Abstract Algebra Count in the World of Event...

Confluent Developer ft. Tim Berglund, Adi Polak &... ·

2020/04/22

During his time at Twitter, Sam Ritchie (Staff Research Engineer, Google) led the development of Summingbird, a project that helped Twitter ingest and process massive amounts of data. It relieved some key pain points, saving developers at Twitter from doing work twice, as was a natural consequence of the then-current Lambda Architecture. In this episode, Sam dives teaches us some abstract algebra and explains how it has informed his attempts to make stream processing programs easy to write in a more

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