KSQL: Streaming SQL for Apache Kafka
Few weeks back, while I was enjoying my holidays in the south of Italy, I started receiving notifications about an imminent announcement by Confluent . Reading the highlights almost (...I said almost) made me willing to go immediately back to work and check all the details about it. The announcement regarded KSQL : a streaming SQL engine for Apache Kafka! My office today... not bad! #sea pic.twitter.com/A7skHIcplS — Francesco Tisiot (@FTisiot) August 7, 2017 Before going in detail, lets try to clarify the basics: what is KSQL? Why was it introduced and how does it complement Kafka? What is