NATS JetStream vs Kafka (2026): Edge & IIoT Telemetry ADR
NATS JetStream vs Kafka for edge and IIoT telemetry: footprint, delivery guarantees, leaf nodes vs partitions, back-pressure and cost - a 2026 architecture decision record.
Kafka KRaft in Production: Migrating Off ZooKeeper — A Hands-On Guide (2026)
A hands-on Kafka KRaft tutorial: the metadata quorum, migrating a ZooKeeper cluster to KRaft, controller sizing, rollback, and operating KRaft in production in 2026.
Apache Kafka Tiered Storage Architecture: How KIP-405 Unlocks Infinite Retention (2026)
Apache Kafka tiered storage explained: KIP-405 remote log architecture, local vs remote segments, infinite retention economics, and what changed for Kafka 4.x in 2026.