Data Streaming

Protobufs: The Tiny Data Whiz Kid of Serialization

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Ever wondered how your data travels around without being bulky? Enter Protobufs (or Protocol Buffers) — the nimble, efficient, and oh-so-binary friend of data serialization. Essentially, they’re a way to pack your data into a compact, cross-language envelope that only machines can read with the speed of a caffeinated cheetah. What is it? Protobufs are a method developed … Read more

Apache Kafka: The Pub-Sub Party That Never Ends

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So, you want to talk about Apache Kafka? Good. That means either (a) you’re an engineer wondering why every job description includes “Kafka experience required,” (b) your boss just told you to “implement a Kafka pipeline” without explaining what it is, or © you saw the word Kafka and thought this was about 20th-century existential … Read more