Over the course of the last few months, I’ve had the pleasure to serve on the Kafka Summit program committee and review several hundred session abstracts for the three Summits happening this year (Europe, APAC, Americas). That’s not only a big honour, but also a unique opportunity to learn what excites people currently in the Kafka eco-system (and yes, it’s a fair amount of work, too ;). While voting on the proposals, and also generally aspiring to stay informed of what’s going on in ...