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- http://blog.cloudera.com/blog/2014/09/apache-kafka-for-beginners/ - Apache Kafka for Beginners
- http://sysadvent.blogspot.com.br/2014/12/day-4-introduction-to-kafka.html - Introduction to Kafka
- https://medium.com/@ruurtjan/understanding-kafka-with-factorio-74e8fc9bf181 - Understanding Kafka with Factorio
- http://www.confluent.io/blog/introducing-kafka-streams-stream-processing-made-simple - Introducing Kafka Streams: Stream Processing Made Simple
- http://www.confluent.io/blog/apache-kafka-samza-and-the-unix-philosophy-of-distributed-data - Apache Kafka, Samza, and the Unix Philosophy of Distributed Data
- http://www.confluent.io/blog/using-logs-to-build-a-solid-data-infrastructure-or-why-dual-writes-are-a-bad-idea/ - Using logs to build a solid data infrastructure (or: why dual writes are a bad idea)
- http://www.confluent.io/blog/bottled-water-real-time-integration-of-postgresql-and-kafka/ - Bottled Water: Real-time integration of PostgreSQL and Kafka
- http://www.confluent.io/blog/deploying-apache-kafka-on-aws-elastic-block-store-ebs - Deploying Apache Kafka on AWS Elastic Block Store (EBS)
- http://www.confluent.io/blog/how-we-monitor-and-run-kafka-at-scale-signalfx - How We Monitor and Run Kafka At Scale
- https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/monitoring-kafka-performance-metrics/ - Monitoring Kafka performance metrics
- http://oobaloo.co.uk/kafka-for-uswitchs-event-pipeline - Kafka for uSwitch's Event Pipeline
- http://blog.infochimps.com/2012/10/30/next-gen-real-time-streaming-storm-kafka-integration/ - Next Gen Real-time Streaming with Storm-Kafka Integration
- https://medium.com/netflix-techblog/search?q=kafka - all netflix tech blog kafka tagged articles
- https://engineering.linkedin.com/blog/topic/kafka - all linked in tech blog kafka tagged articlesEEEEE
- https://medium.com/@stephane.maarek/how-to-use-apache-kafka-to-transform-a-batch-pipeline-into-a-real-time-one-831b48a6ad85 - How to use Apache Kafka to transform a batch pipeline into a real-time one
- https://dev.to/barryosull/event-sourcing-what-it-is-and-why-its-awesome - Event Sourcing: What it is and why it's awesome
- https://www.confluent.io/blog/getting-started-with-rust-and-kafka - Using Kafka with Rust
- https://medium.com/@gayathrisiva8608/apache-kafka-is-a-distributed-streaming-system-that-can-publish-and-subscribe-a-stream-of-records-12af92e2d491 - Apache Kafka-Intro
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http://www.confluent.io/making-sense-of-stream-processing-ebook - Making sense of stream processing
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http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920032175.do - Designing Data-Intensive Applications
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https://www.confluent.io/wp-content/uploads/confluent-kafka-definitive-guide-complete.pdf - Kafka: The Definitive Guide
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https://www.manning.com/books/kafka-in-action - A fast-paced introduction to every aspect of working with Kafka you need to really reap its benefits.
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https://www.manning.com/books/kafka-streams-in-action - By the end of the book, you'll be ready to use Kafka Streams in your projects to reap the benefits of the insight your data holds quickly and easily.
- Udemy Apache Kafka Series - Learning Apache Kafka for Beginners - All Level
- Udemy Apache Kafka Series - Kafka Connect Hands-on Learning - Intermediate
- Udemy Apache Kafka Series - Kafka Streams for Data Processing - Intermediate
- Udemy Apache Kafka Series - Kafka Cluster Setup & Administration - Expert
- Udemy Apache Kafka Series - Confluent Schema Registry & REST Proxy - Intermediate
- http://www.vldb.org/pvldb/vol8/p1654-wang.pdf - Building a Replicated Logging System with Apache Kafka
- http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/srikanth/netdb11/netdb11papers/netdb11-final12.pdf - Kafka: a Distributed Messaging System for Log Processing
- http://sites.computer.org/debull/A12june/pipeline.pdf - Building LinkedIn’s Real-time Activity Data Pipeline
- https://engineering.linkedin.com/distributed-systems/log-what-every-software-engineer-should-know-about-real-time-datas-unifying - The Log: What every software engineer should know about real-time data's unifying abstraction
- http://www.slideshare.net/charmalloc/developing-with-the-go-client-for-apache-kafka - Developing with the Go client for Apache Kafka
- http://www.slideshare.net/miguno/apache-kafka-08-basic-training-verisign - Apache Kafka 0.8 basic training - Verisign
- http://www.slideshare.net/charmalloc/developingwithapachekafka-29910685 - Developing Real-Time Data Pipelines with Apache Kafka
- http://www.slideshare.net/AmazonWebServices/infrastructure-at-scale-apache-kafka-twitter-storm-elastic-search-arc303-aws-reinvent-2013 - Infrastructure at Scale: Apache Kafka, Twitter Storm & Elastic Search (ARC303) | AWS re:Invent 2013
- http://www.slideshare.net/charmalloc/real-timestreamingdata-pipelinesapachekafka - Real-time streaming and data pipelines with Apache Kafka
- http://www.slideshare.net/Hadoop_Summit/building-a-realtime-data-pipeline-apache-kafka-at-linkedin - Building a Real-time Data Pipeline: Apache Kafka at LinkedIn
- http://www.slideshare.net/junrao/kafka-replication-apachecon2013 - Kafka replication apachecon_2013
- http://www.slideshare.net/mumrah/kafka-talk-tri-hug - Introduction and Overview of Apache Kafka
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc33qMUvR7c - Introduction to Apache Kafka by Joe Stein
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RMOc0SwRro - Apache Kafka and the Next 700 Stream Processing Systems by Jay Kreps
- http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/61479591 - Martin Kleppmann (Linkedin) - Using Logs To Build a Solid Data Infrastructure
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJuo_bLSW6s - I ♥ Logs: Apache Kafka and Real-Time Data Integration
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InAKDEk7H0M - Apache Kafka: Real-time Streaming and Data Pipelines with Apache Kafka by Joe Stein
- https://vimeo.com/63040812 - AJUG - Apache Kafka - Chris Curtin
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkz1SCf5iB4enAR00Z46JwY9GGkaS2NON - Getting started guide on Apache Kafka by Learning Journal
- https://github.com/Microsoft/Availability-Monitor-for-Kafka
- https://github.com/linkedin/Burrow
- https://github.com/splee/burrower
- https://github.com/yahoo/kafka-manager
- https://github.com/tchiotludo/kafkahq
- https://github.com/SourceLabOrg/kafka-webview
- http://www.kafkatool.com/
- Strimzi Operator for deploying and running Apache Kafka on Kubernetes and OpenShift
- kafkacat Generic CLI non-JVM Apache Kafka producer and consumer
- connectctl Manage kafka connect connectors easily
- Kafdrop Web UI for browsing Kafka topics and consumer groups