How to process JSON data in a Kafka Connect pipeline, and explain the schema format that Kafka uses to describe JSON events.

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https://dalelane.co.uk/blog/?p=5857

Say Goodbye to ZooKeeper

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https://aiven.io/blog/say-goodbye-to-zookeeper

Spring for Apache Kafka 4.1.0-M2, 4.0.4, and 3.3.14 Available

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https://spring.io/blog/2026/03/17/spring-kafka-4

Kafka Isn’t a Database, But We Gave It a Query Engine Anyway

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https://www.warpstream.com/blog/warpstream-events-built-in-observability-powered-by-kafka

Automate test and failure analysis via streams for Apache Kafka

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https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/03/19/automate-test-and-failure-analysis-streams-apache-kafka#

IBM Completes Acquisition of Confluent, Making Real Time Data the Engine of Enterprise AI and Agents

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https://newsroom.ibm.com/2026-03-17-ibm-completes-acquisition-of-confluent,-making-real-time-data-the-engine-of-enterprise-ai-and-agents

How to Set Up a Kafka Cluster with KRaft Architecture (Step-by-Step)

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https://dataverses.io/resources/blog/setting-up-kafka-cluster-with-kraft

Dead Letter Topic #01

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Interesting resources from the broader event streaming and real-time data ecosystem.

https://topicigor.substack.com/p/dead-letter-topic-01

Kafka, Disk, Tiered Storage — and the Rise of Diskless Streaming

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https://medium.com/@abhaysoni.developer/kafka-disk-tiered-storage-and-the-rise-of-diskless-streaming-architectures-8fffcf9462bc

Kafka vs Flink vs Spark Streaming: What Nobody Tells You Before You Pick One

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https://alper-korukcu.medium.com/kafka-vs-flink-vs-spark-streaming-what-nobody-tells-you-before-you-pick-one-aa83c26a287a