Apache Kafka, Samza, and the Unix Philosophy of Distributed Data | Confluent

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This post draws parallels between the Unix philosophy of composability (programs doing one thing well and expecting output to be input for another program) and the design of Apache Kafka and Apache Samza. It uses examples of Unix command-line tools (awk, sort, uniq) to illustrate the concept of pipelines and how they can process large amounts of data efficiently. The post argues that Kafka, with its stream processing capabilities, embodies this philosophy by enabling the chaining of data processing stages, similar to Unix pipes, facilitating the creation of robust and scalable distributed data systems.