No More Hiding: Kafka Streams as a First-Class Citizen in the Kafka Protocol Kafka Streams, the native stream processing technology of Kafka, stands out for its unique ability to assign work and propagate metadata among clients without the need for separate coordination infras...

If you're interested in the new rebalance protocol for Kafka Streams and couldn't attend my talk with @bruno.cadonna.name at Current London, the recording is now online: current.confluent.io/post-confere...

@lucasbrut.bsky.social and I have a talk about the new Streams rebalance protocol (a.k.a. KIP-1071) at Current London 2025 on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM, Breakout Room 6.

If you like otters, coffee, (Franz) Kafka, Kafka Streams, and open-heart surgery, you should come to our talk.

We have two open (early career) engineering positions in our team (Canada 🇨🇦)

If you are excited about contributing to #ApacheKafka with a focus on Java client and @kafkastreams.bsky.social this might be the right fit for you

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