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It is August already, and this marks exactly one year of monthly “Log Compaction” blog posts – summarizing news from the very active Apache Kafka and stream processing community. Hope you enjoy them and as usual, let us know if you have news to share.
Confluent Tableflow unifies operational and analytical data by integrating Kafka with zero ETL, leveraging open table formats such as Iceberg and Delta Lake. It offers advantages over traditional zero ETL by enabling data reuse, schema decoupling, and better scalability, streamlining data sharing.
Big news! KIP-848, the next-gen Consumer Rebalance Protocol, is now available in Confluent Cloud! This is a major upgrade for your Kafka clusters, offering faster rebalances and improved stability. Our new blog post dives deep into how KIP-848 functions, making it easy to understand the benefits.