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Apache Kafka 4.0 Released

by mumrah on 3/18/25, 6:17 PM with 3 comments

  • by aussieguy1234 on 3/19/25, 1:11 AM

    One thing I immediately noticed after switching from sns/sqs to Kafka was how fast it is.

    Messages seem to get sent/received almost immediately.

  • by mumrah on 3/18/25, 6:17 PM

    Apache Kafka 4.0 was just released. This is a major release which includes some significant improvements:

    * Removal of Apache ZooKeeper as a dependency

    * New consumer group protocol (KIP-848)

    * Early access of Queues For Kafka (KIP-932)

  • by rmrf100 on 3/19/25, 5:45 AM

    Love Kafka