Javalin is a simple and lightweight web framework for Java and Kotlin (and technically any JVM language). I recently had to dig into Javalin…

The OpenAPI specification defines how to write HTTP APIs that can be consumed by any programming language and provide insight into the APIs…

Polywork allows you to point a subdomain of your own site to your Polywork profile/feed. They do have instructions on setting this up…

Perfect is the enemy of good. Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. These are the quotes handed to me when I googled what I…

Ordering records in Kafka requires you to make a conscious decision to construct your system in a way that supports ordering. You don’t have…

Consumers can form groups, aptly named “consumer groups”. These consumer groups determine what records a consumer receives. I know that…

Consumers make up the Kafka client code that reads records from topics, working at the opposite end of the chain as producers and benefiting…

Producers make up the Kafka client code that sends records to topics. These clients dramatically reduce the complexity of leveraging Kafka…

Topics Kafka, at a high level, stores records in topics. When handing a new record off to Kafka, you must decide the name of the topic you…

I wanted to write a short and sweet blog post on writing a Kafka producer and consumer in Kotlin before delving deeper into the topic of…