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Understanding Apache Kafka: A Foundation for Big Data and Microservices
Apache Kafka, originally developed by LinkedIn in 2011 and later open-sourced under the Apache Software Foundation, has become a cornerstone of modern data architectures. It was created to address the challenges of handling large volumes of real-time event data efficiently. Before Kafka, companies relied on traditional message queues or batch processing systems, which often struggled…
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Using LocalStack to Simulate AWS S3 in a Docker Container
Using Docker containers has become an integral part of everyday developer workflows. Containers provide a consistent and isolated environment, ensuring that the application behaves the same way regardless of the underlying system. This is particularly useful for microservices, as each service can run in its own container with the required dependencies. This capability reduces dependency…