Kafka for Architects
by Katya Gorshkova
English | 2026 | ISBN: 1633436411 | 394 pages | True PDF EPUB | 34 MB
This book teaches you how to incorporate Kafka into enterprise applications. This book stays above the code-level details, focusing instead on how to use Kafka to achieve your technical and business goals.
Architects across industries are turning to Kafka for its unparalleled speed, reliability, and scalability. In this book, authorKatya Gorshkovalays out how Kafka fits into complex system designs, expertly illustrating how you can use Kafka for effective logging, telemetry, microservices communication, and more in event driven enterprise applications.
InKafka for Architectsyou will find:
Kafka's role in enterprise softwareThe event-driven architecture patternData streaming solutionsEvent driven architecture in messaging systemsExplaining Kafka clustersData streaming solutionsDesigning data contractsKafka in real world use cases
About the Technology
Kafka is a powerful distributed event streaming platform perfect for the real-time data pipelines you find in all modern software systems. As a software architect, it's mission critical to understand how Kafka impacts every aspect of system design, deployment, management, and maintenance. This unique book provides the architectural principles you need to integrate Kafka effectively into enterprise applications at any scale.
About the Book
Kafka for Architectsfocuses on architectural principles rather than code, showing exactly how to align Kafka with your organization's technical and business goals. You'll explore proven patterns and anti-patterns, integration strategies, and the broader Kafka ecosystem-from event pipelines to microservices communication.
What's InsideEvent-driven architecture patterns: CQRS, event sourcing, and microservices integrationEfficient messaging systems: message production, consumption, batching, partitioning, and throughputKafka clusters: cluster architecture, topics, partitions, replication, and configurationDesigning data contracts: event schema design, schema evolution, governance, and use of Schema Registry
About the Readers
For working and aspiring enterprise and solutions architects.
About the Author
Katya Gorshkovais a consulting engineer and architect in the FinTech sector with extensive experience designing applications for real-time data processing.
Table of Contents
Part 1
1 Getting to know Kafka as an architect
2 Kafka cluster data architecture
3 Kafka clients and message production
4 Creating consumer applications
Part 2
5 Kafka in real-world use cases
6 Defining data contracts
7 Kafka interaction patterns
8 Designing streaming applications
Part 3
9 Managing Kafka within the enterprise
10 Organizing a Kafka project
11 Operating Kafka
12 What's next for Kafka
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