Kafka is a distributed event store and streaming platform that has become essential for large-scale data pipelines at companies like Netflix and Uber. The core architecture consists of messages organized into topics and partitions, with producers writing data and consumers reading it in groups. Brokers form clusters that handle

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Kafka Messages and BatchesKafka Topics and PartitionsKafka Producers and ConsumersKafka Brokers and ClustersThe Advantages of Using KafkaDisadvantages of KafkaShoutout

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