Apache Kafka + Kafka Streams + Mesos = Highly Scalable Microservices

My latest article about Apache Kafka, Kafka Streams and Apache Mesos was published on Confluent’s blog:

Apache Mesos, Apache Kafka and Kafka Streams for Highly Scalable Microservices

This blog post discusses how to build a highly scalable, mission-critical microservice infrastructure with Apache Kafka, Kafka Streams, and Apache Mesos respectively in their vendor-supported platforms from Confluent and Mesosphere.

https://www.confluent.io/blog/apache-mesos-apache-kafka-kafka-streams-highly-scalable-microservices/

Have fun reading it and let me know if you have any feedback…

Kai Waehner

bridging the gap between technical innovation and business value for real-time data streaming and applied AI.

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