Kafka Streams in Action | Confluent

This post is a foreword to a book about Kafka Streams, highlighting the paradigm shift towards event-driven architectures powered by Apache Kafka. It explains the drivers behind this shift, including increased digitization, transformation in data usage, and advancements in stream processing technology. The foreword contrasts Kafka's approach to stream processing (modeling it after REST applications, with streams as the primary entity) with traditional Big Data frameworks, emphasizing its simplicity and suitability for building event-driven applications. It positions Kafka Streams and KSQL as key enablers of this transformation, aiming to make stream processing accessible enough for natural integration into event-driven applications.