Scaling Apache Kafka with Todd Palino

Streaming Audio: Apache Kafka® & Real-Time Data

Todd Palino, a senior SRE at LinkedIn, talks about the start of Apache Kafka® at LinkedIn, what learning to use Kafka was like, how Kafka has changed, and what he and others in the community hope for in the future of Kafka. If you’re curious about life as an SRE, Todd shares the details on that too, and goes into how Kafka is used at LinkedIn, as well as several wins and challenges over the years with the product.

EPISODE LINKS

• Kafka: The Definitive Guide by Neha Narkhede, Gwen Shapira & Todd Palino
• URP? Excuse You! The Three Metrics You Have to Know
• Join the Confluent Community Slack