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Apache Kafka — Core Concepts and When to Use It
Topics, partitions, consumer groups, and the use cases where Kafka excels.
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Product Engineering
Microservices Communication — Sync vs Async Patterns
REST, gRPC, message queues, and choosing the right pattern for each interaction.
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Data & Platform
Schema Registry and Avro for Kafka Data Contracts
Why schema management matters for streaming pipelines and how to implement it.
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Data & Platform
Data Contracts — Formalising Agreements Between Producers and Consumers
Schema, SLAs, semantics, and how to enforce data contracts in practice.
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Data & Platform
Data Platform Cost Optimization Strategies
Reducing Snowflake, S3, Spark, and Kafka spend without sacrificing performance.
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Data & Platform
Event-Driven Data Architecture Patterns
Event sourcing, CQRS, outbox pattern, and when event-driven beats request/response.