I've just published the 92nd edition of my Kafka Monthly Digest! It covers the 4.1.0 release, as well as progress on 4.0.1 and 4.2.0. I also covers new KIPs, recent community releases and blog posts.

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I've just published the 91st edition of my Kafka Monthly Digest! It covers progress on the 4.1.0 and 4.0.1 releases, as well as new KIPs, community releases and blog posts from August.
developers.redhat.com/blog/2025/09...

My role stays exactly the same. I'll still work on open source projects in the data streaming space with a focus on Apache Kafka.

TLDR: I've Been Moved

Today was my last day at Red Hat.

I won't tease you with fake suspense, the whole runtime and middleware division from Red Hat is moving to IBM, and this week is my turn. So on Monday I'll be back at IBM.

If you had told me 7.5 years ago I'd be publishing 90 Monthly Digests, or even just still work on Kafka all this time, I'd thought you were crazy!
But here we are (maybe it's me who's crazy ¯\_(ツ)_/¯), I just published the 90th edition covering July 2025:
developers.redhat.com/blog/2025/08...

I've just published the 89th edition of my Kafka Monthly Digest!
It covers progress on the 4.1.0 and 4.0.1 releases, new KIPs, recent community releases and blog posts.
developers.redhat.com/blog/2025/07...

The 88th edition of my Kafka Monthly Digest is out! There's a new release, Kafka 3.9.1, and work on 4.1.0 continues. I also cover some of the recent KIPs, community project releases and blog posts from May.

developers.redhat.com/blog/2025/06...

Looking at the archives, it seems it's the highest number of KIPs ever submitted in a month! And obviously it happens right when I'm on PTO :p

Edition 87 of my Kafka Monthly Digest is out!
It covers the releases in progress 3.9.1 and 4.1.0, as well as some of the 22 (!!!) KIPs submitted in April. As usually there's also a few community releases and blog posts.
developers.redhat.com/blog/2025/05...

Really cool to receive a print copy of the Korean translation!

I've just published edition 86 of my Kafka Monthly Digest. It's a big one as it covers Kafka 4.0.0!
There are also 2 other releases in progress (4.1.0 and 3.9.1), as well as the usual review of recent KIPs, community releases, and blogs.

developers.redhat.com/blog/2025/04...

The 85th edition of my Kafka Monthly Digest is out!
The first release candidate of Kafka 4.0.0 is available, please take time to test it. As usual I also cover recent KIPs, community project releases and blogs.
developers.redhat.com/blog/2025/03...

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I've just published the 84th edition of my Kafka Monthly Digest. It marks the 7th anniversary of the series!

I hope you still find it useful. If you have suggestions or feedback, let me know.

developers.redhat.com/blog/2025/02...

I published the 83rd edition of my Kafka Monthly Digest. It covers the recent releases, KIPs, community projects and blogs.
Also as is customary, I review some of the milestones the #ApacheKafka project achieved in 2024 and make some predictions for 2025!
developers.redhat.com/blog/2025/01...

Books of 2024

I've published the 82nd edition of my Kafka Monthly Digest. I covers the latest release, Kafka 3.9.0, as well as recent KIPs, community project releases and blog posts.
developers.redhat.com/blog/2024/12...