Challenges in Building Real Time Applications

Real time is everywhere. Users are now expecting that applications can update and display pieces of information in real time. Whether you are building a chat application, a website, a mobile app, or a business application, users want to be notified, receive pushes (properly targeted), be able to react instantly and have the user interface […]

Using TLS Authentication for your Go Kafka Client

If you want to access a Kafka server that have enabled TLS, you will need to be able to use certificate to connect from your Sarama / Go client. This article outlines the needed steps to configure it properly. Configuring your Kafka server to support authentication If you are managing your own Kafka service and […]