Stream Processing with Apache Flink
Aug 15, 2023Konstantin Knauf
Summary
This post introduces Apache Flink as a stream processing framework that enhances Kafka use cases. It details Flink's powerful runtime, its layered APIs (DataStream, Table API, Flink SQL, Stateful Functions) with support for Python, Java, and SQL, and its unified stream and batch processing capabilities. The post highlights Flink's production-readiness features like flexible metrics and observability. It also announces the 'Inside Flink' blog series and an early access program for Confluent Cloud for Apache Flink, emphasizing its integration with AI model inference.
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