Kafka Is Not a Database

Re:Kafka Is Not a Database by tutfbhuf on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @11:52AM (#25347836)

Well, then you have never heard of ksqlDB. It adds SQL and DB features to Kafka. It is backed by Confluent (LinkedIn) same company that developed Kafka initially.

https://ksqldb.io

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Re:Kafka Is Not a Database by albertwang on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @12:02PM (#25348000)

We’re very aware of ksqlDB. I would recommend this video from last week where Matthias talks about some of the strengths and weaknesses of ksql: https://youtu.be/KUQuegJ4do8

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Re:Kafka Is Not a Database by cirego on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @12:21PM (#25348322)

My understanding is that ksqlDB is a read-only interface on top of streams and only helps people write better consumers. The problems mentioned in the blog post relate to producers.

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