What makes Kafka special? | System Design

Visit Our Website: https://interviewpen.com/?utm_campaign=kafka Join Our Discord (24/7 help): https://discord.gg/Qy85PT9wj6 Like & Subscribe: https://youtube.com/@interviewpen You've probably heard about Kafka, but you really know why everyone is so excited about it? This video dives into the low-level details of what makes Kafka fundamentally different from other message queue systems, and when you should use it over other solutions. If you liked this video and want to learn more about fundamental systems and how they can be used to solve problems, check out our full course on https://interviewpen.com/?utm_campaign=kafka ! Table of Contents: 0:00 - Introduction 0:13 - Message Queues 1:32 - Message Routing 2:03 - Kafka Behavior 2:37 - Consumer Offsets 3:25 - Sequential Disk Access 4:51 - Use Cases 6:02 - interviewpen.com Socials: Twitter: https://twitter.com/InterviewPen LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/interviewpen Website: https://interviewpen.com/?utm_campaign=kafka