Kafka Meets Flink with Ben Gamble - Episode 6

🐿️ Ben Gamble🧑🏾‍🦯 from Ververica | Original creators of Apache Flink® will be joining our host Hugh Evans. Ben has been at the forefront of driving Kafka-Flink integration and the streaming analytics revolution.

What we’ll cover:
- Why Kafka and Flink are better together, and how Ververica and Aiven drive this integration
- The most common real-world use cases for Kafka + Flink
- Key technical considerations and pitfalls when connecting the two systems
- How to design robust architectures that handle backpressure and ensure exactly-once guarantees
- The latest developments in Kafka-Flink integration and what’s coming next

As always we’ll offer a free coffee voucher to all attendees. Get Kafka-Nated!

*If you've got topics you'd like us to explore, want to be a guest on the show, or have feedback on today's episode, reach out to us. We're always looking for new voices and perspectives from the Kafka community.