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Re:Small Kafka: Tansu and SQLite on a free t3.micro by nchmy on Saturday January 24, 2026 @10:52PM (#46750530)
I wonder how it compares to Redpanda
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Re:Small Kafka: Tansu and SQLite on a free t3.micro by anticodon on Sunday January 25, 2026 @03:21AM (#46751896)
I've used Redpanda for local development and testing stands. It is super easy to setup in docker, starts really fast and consumes less resources than Java version. Haven't really compared it to anything, but I remember using Java version of Kafka before and it was a resource hog. It is important when you develop on laptop with constrained resources.
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Re:Small Kafka: Tansu and SQLite on a free t3.micro by enether on Sunday January 25, 2026 @03:55AM (#46752103)
to be fair, Kafka now has a GraalVM docker image[0][1] which was made for local dev/testing, and it has caught up fairly well to these alternatives re: memory and startup time

[0] - https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-974%3A... [1] - https://hub.docker.com/r/apache/kafka-native

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Re:Small Kafka: Tansu and SQLite on a free t3.micro by nchmy on Sunday January 25, 2026 @03:24AM (#46751912)
What I meant was how Tensu compares to Redpanda
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