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Last month the Apache Kafka community released version 0.10.1.0, the announcement blog contains a good description of new features and major improvements. In other exciting news, the PMC for Apache Kafka has invited Jiangjie (Becket) Qin to join as a committer and we are pleased to announce that he has accepted.
As usual, there are a large number of improvement proposals being discussed and voted on:
And few recommended presentations and blog posts relevant to Apache Kafka and streaming platforms:
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.