Categories: Data Engineering

Apache Kafka for Technical Leaders: A Strategic Guide to Scalability, Resilience, and Efficiency

A strategic guide for technical leaders, illuminating the core concepts of Apache Kafka, its architecture, and best practices for scalability, resilience, and efficiency.

Database, Data Warehouse, Data Lake: A Strategic Guide for Technical Leaders

By Greg Glazewski • 22 min read

An in-depth, strategic guide for technical leaders on choosing the right data architecture. It explores the fundamental differences, trade-offs, and use cases of databases, data warehouses, and data lakes, and introduces the modern data lakehouse concept.

More Than an Address: Unlocking the Hidden Intelligence of Kafka Clients

By Dusan Odalovic • 8 min read

A straightforward guide to understanding how Kafka clients discover cluster topology, route requests, and handle changes gracefully.

The Data Trinity: A Strategic Guide for CTOs on Building Your Data Team with Engineers, Scientists, and Analysts

By Greg Glazewski • 30 min read

A strategic guide for CTOs on building a high-performing data team, explaining the roles of Data Engineers, Scientists, and Analysts and providing a roadmap for team building based on the company's data maturity level.

Why Are My Kafka Events Arriving Out of Order?

By Dusan Odalovic • 7 min read

Event order is critical for many applications. Kafka only guarantees order within a single partition. To ensure related events are processed sequentially, you must send them all with the same message key.