> In our experience, Kafka is one of the most polarizing technologies in the data space. Some people hate it, some people swear by it, but almost every technology company uses it.
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Surely that's false?
Or, I mean, neither of us are providing any evidence here... For my part, 0 of the last 6 companies I've worked for used it. The company before that did (I drove its adoption), but we later abandoned it.
Linkedin built Kafka for massive-scale problems that 99% of us don't have. Though technologists have a well-earned reputation for using tech they don't need, my perception is that most of us are succeeding in avoiding the use of Kafka.
(emphasis added)
Surely that's false?
Or, I mean, neither of us are providing any evidence here... For my part, 0 of the last 6 companies I've worked for used it. The company before that did (I drove its adoption), but we later abandoned it.
Linkedin built Kafka for massive-scale problems that 99% of us don't have. Though technologists have a well-earned reputation for using tech they don't need, my perception is that most of us are succeeding in avoiding the use of Kafka.