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Kafka Wakes Up And Is Metamorphosed Into A Database

August 30, 2017 Timothy Prickett Morgan 2

Sometimes a database is like a collection of wax tablets that you can stack and sort through to update, and these days, sometimes it is more like a river that has a shape defined by its geography but it is constantly changing and flowing and that flow, more than anything else, defines the information that drives the business. …

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