Overview of the Apple M1 chip architecture
The M1 chip is Apple's first processor for Macs. Since its release in November 2020, it has shaped Apple's product lineup and set a new standard for what consumers can expect from their devices. Although the world has moved past M1 technology, it's still worth considering the shift it caused
Is Apache Kafka a Database?
Well, no. Apache Kafka isn't a database. It's a real-time event streaming platform. However, Kafka's ability to retain data in a durable and replicated manner does give it some database-like properties, which can be helpful in specific scenarios. In this article, I intend to draw a connecting line highlighting similar
Deploying Databases on DigitalOcean with Crossplane
While Kubernetes has become the go-to platform for deploying business workloads, a major challenge still lies in managing the resources and services that your applications depend on, which often live outside the Kubernetes cluster. Crossplane is a cool open-source project that extends the Kubernetes control plane to provision and manage
How Does Real-Time Data Streaming Work in Kafka?
Producing and processing real-time data are two sides of a coin. Imagine you run a company that continuously generates a steady stream of data that needs to be processed efficiently. Traditional solutions for handling this data using Kafka's producer and consumer APIs can be bulky because of the lines of
Automating Azure Infrastructure with Terraform and Azure DevOps
The Azure ecosystem offers a wide range of services with varying price points, from affordable to expensive. As a DevOps/Cloud engineer, your responsibility is to provision and configure these services properly not just from an operational standpoint, but also with regard to their operational expenses. Managing these resources becomes
Schema Evolution in Kafka
While applications are producing and consuming messages to and fro Kafka, you'll notice that new consumers of existing topics start emerging. These new consumers (applications) might have been written by the same engineers who wrote the original producer of those messages or by people you don't know. The emergence of
How to Setup Repositories in Azure Devops
DevOps teams handle a complex array of tools—such as Git, Jira, and CI/CD platforms—each playing a crucial role. However, managing these tools can lead to chaos due to constant context switching. Moreover, introducing a cloud like Azure, with its diverse APIs, can further complicate the creation of
Kafka Architecture 101
Apache Kafka offers you three key features. It's the ability to publish & subscribe to events, store them, and process them in real-time or at a later point. In this article, you'll better understand all the components that make these features possible. You'll go deeper into the internal components of the
