I've just published the 100th edition of my Kafka Monthly Digest! It covers the 4.3.0 and 4.2.1 releases as well as recent KIPs, community project releases and blog posts. developers.redhat.com/blog/2026/06...

10 years ago, I was opening his first PR to Apache Kafka github.com/apache/kafka... I clearly had no idea what I was getting myself into!

The 99th edition of my Kafka Monthly Digest is out! We have 2 releases is progress 4.3.0 and 4.2.1. I cover some of the 23 (according to my archives it's a record!) new KIPs created this months, as well as community project releases and blogs. developers.redhat.com/blog/2026/05...

I just published the 98th edition of my Kafka monthly digest. It covers the new releases (4.0.2, 4.1.2), the releases in progress (4.3.0, 4.2.1), new KIPs as well as community project releases and blogs from March 2026. developers.redhat.com/blog/2026/04...

Look at what arrived in the mail! The book has been out for ~2.5 years already. I'm still really proud of the result. If you know of more deep and exhaustive content on Kafka Connect, please let me know. Thanks @oreilly.bsky.social for the frame!

My Kafka Monthly Digest for February is out! It covers the new releases 4.2.0, 3.9.2, and the 3 releases in progress 4.0.2, 4.1.2 and 4.3.0. It also highlights some recent KIPs as well as community project releases and blog posts. developers.redhat.com/blog/2026/03...

The 96th edition of my Kafka Monthly Digest is out. It covers the 4 releases currently in progress and recent KIPs, as well as community project releases and blogs. developers.redhat.com/blog/2026/02...

The 95th edition of my Kafka Monthly Digest it out. It covers the releases in progress, KIPs, community projects and blogs. Also as is customary, I review some of the milestones the #ApacheKafka project achieved in 2025 and make some predictions for 2026! developers.redhat.com/blog/2026/01...

Books of 2025 My top picks: - The picture of Dorian Gray - Down with the system - La vie devant soi - All quiet of the western front

I've published the 94th edition of my Kafka Monthly Digest. I covers the latest release 4.1.1 as well as the releases in progress: 4.2.0 and 3.9.2. As usual, it also covers recent KIPs, community project releases and blogs. developers.redhat.com/blog/2025/12...

The 93rd edition of my Kafka Monthly Digest is out! Not sure if I have to say it covers the releases, KIPs, community project releases and blogs from October, I assume by now you know the drill :) developers.redhat.com/blog/2025/11...

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. developers.redhat.com/blog/2025/10...

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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...

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...

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...