What is Apache Kafka?

Apache Kafka is a powerful open-source distributed event streaming platform. It is useful to:

• Build high-performance data pipelines and deliver messages at a low latency.
• Provide streaming analytics by processing streams of events.
• Integrate data with various event sources and sinks like AWS S3, Postgres, or Elasticsearch.
• Create apps that ensure zero message loss and exactly-once processing.

Kafka helps with achieving real-time data processing, streamlined data flows, and quick mission critical app development. It works best for organizations looking to build scalable and event-driven systems. Here is an introductory blog on Apache Kafka.