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Published Jan 1, 0001 by Robin Moffatt at https://rmoff.net/talks/

You can find all my recent talks on Notist at https://talks.rmoff.net/. Older ones are on Speaker Deck.


I have a variety of talks, around several different aspects of Apache Kafka and related technologies.

  • Kafka 101 / introductory talk : “Kafka as a Platform: the Ecosystem from the Ground Up”
  • Introduction to ksqlDB and stream processing principles and semantics - with lots of live demos. “An introduction to ksqlDB”
  • Live demo showing use of Kafka Connect and ksqlDB: “Apache Kafka in Action : Let’s Build a Streaming Data Pipeline!”
  • Architectural view of Kafka and its implications for data engineering & data warehousing: “The Changing Face of ETL: Event-Driven Architectures for Data Engineers”
  • Deep-dive on Kafka Connect: “From Zero to Hero with Kafka Connect”
  • Nitty-gritty examining options of how you get data into Kafka from RDBMS “No More Silos: Integrating Databases and Apache Kafka”
  • PoC showing how to build streaming ETL/data platform around live data feeds: “🚂On Track with Apache Kafka: Building a Streaming Platform solution with Rail Data”
  • Example of integrating IoT data over MQTT into Kafka and processing it: “Building IoT applications with Kafka and ksqlDB”

Detailed abstracts are available on request for these. Recordings and slides for many can be seen at https://talks.rmoff.net/


Robin Moffatt

Robin Moffatt works on the DevRel team at Confluent. He likes writing about himself in the third person, eating good breakfasts, and drinking good beer.

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