Drew Oetzel
Kafka replicationOctober 22, 2025The Hidden Complexity of MirrorMaker 2Learn why your Kafka consumers reprocess old messages or skip data after a MirrorMaker 2 failover. We break down the crucial distinction between offset replication and offset translation to prevent data loss.
Kafka replicationOctober 22, 2025Taming MirrorMaker2MirrorMaker 2 configuration can be a headache. Don't waste time on simple setup errors! This post reveals the 4 most common MM2 gotchas (from REGEX to topic pitfalls) to guarantee smooth cross-cluster Kafka replication.
How-toMarch 21, 2025Free Kafka tooling: 6 annoying tasks to offloadLenses Community Edition is a premium Kafka tool for developers to blaze the path to production.
How-toDecember 20, 2024Luggage lost in a world of streaming dataLooking for real-time data across enterprises is like trying to find a lost suitcase. How can Data Mesh principles improve the experience?
EventsSeptember 27, 2024Confluent Current 2024 - the good, the bad, and the tacosHosted in Austin, Texas, this Apache Kafka conference fed us in many ways – including actual examples of real-time AI.
- How-toJuly 10, 2025How to Explore Data in Kafka Topics with Lenses
Learn how to explore Kafka data in topics with Lenses, including exploring real-time data with Kafka topic examples. Read part 1 of the Kafka data guide here.
FeaturesJuly 9, 2025Our journey from Kafka-Topics-UI to a Multi-Kafka Developer ExperienceKafka-Topics-UI launched in 2016 to better visualize Kafka topics. Now, Lenses 6.0 offers a unified, multi-cluster, enterprise-grade platform for Kafka UI tools.