# Kafka

> Apache Kafka

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- Updated: 2026-09-22
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# Apache Kafka

Kafka is a distributed event streaming platform for high-throughput, fault-tolerant data pipelines. It enables building real-time data streaming applications at scale.

## Key Concepts

- Topics and partitions
- Producers and consumers
- Consumer groups
- Offset management
- Stream processing with Kafka Streams

## Common Use Cases

- Event sourcing
- Real-time analytics
- Data integration pipelines
- Event-driven microservices
- Audit logs

## Best Practices

- Design topic strategies
- Configure appropriate retention
- Use exactly-once semantics
- Monitor consumer lag
- Implement proper partitioning

## Resources

- Kafka.apache.org: kafka.apache.org/documentation
- Related Skills: event-driven, streaming, distributed-systems