Introducing ksqlDB

What this post added

Introduced ksqlDB, a significant evolution of KSQL, by adding two major features: pull queries for point-in-time data lookups on materialized tables (complementing existing push queries for continuous stream processing) and direct management of Kafka Connectors (source and sink) within ksqlDB. This aims to simplify event streaming application development by consolidating data ingestion, transformation, and querying into a unified SQL interface, reducing the need for separate systems like Kafka Connect and traditional databases.