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Why is Kafka created? What is it? How is it different from other traditional messaging systems?

A Gentle Introduction to a Distributed Streaming Platform, Kafka Zico Deng 9 min read · Jul 3, 2020 -- 3 Listen Share Recently, I was exposed to Kafka at my workplace. I have heard of it a while ago, knowing it is a very popular distributed streaming platform, but I never had a chance to learn it. With my little experience in the traditional messaging system, RabbitMQ, I somehow tend to think of Kafka is just yet another variation created by LinkedIn. If you are like me, having a little background knowledge of a message queue, and hoping to learn Kafka, this article is for you. I will first di

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