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.
Real-Time Fraud Detection Architecture: Sub-100ms Scoring (2026)
A four-tier real-time fraud detection architecture: streaming ingest, online features, sub-100ms scoring, and a decision layer balancing recall and FPR.
Kafka vs Redpanda vs WarpStream: Edge Telemetry ADR
An ADR-style 2026 comparison of Kafka, Redpanda, and WarpStream for edge telemetry: cost, latency, ops burden, and a clear decision framework.
Streaming Trade Data into Iceberg: 2026 Architecture for Fintech
An Iceberg-first architecture for streaming trade data — Kafka Tableflow, compaction, time travel for surveillance, and cost trade-offs.
Apache Pulsar Geo-Replication Architecture for Multi-Region (2026)
Apache Pulsar geo-replication architecture for multi-region clusters — replication modes, bookkeeper layout, consistency, failover, and Kafka comparisons.
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.