What is Kafka? 📦

Apache Kafka = Distributed Event Streaming Platform

Unlike traditional message queues:
✅ Messages persist on disk
✅ Replay events anytime
✅ Scale horizontally
✅ Fault tolerant

Use cases: Real-time analytics, log aggregation, metrics, microservices communication.

Think: LinkedIn's real-time activity streams (where Kafka was born!). 🚀

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