In this new episode of InstaBlinks, Ben Bromhead talks with Solution Engineer Andrew Mills about the controversial topic of using Kafka as a database. Our experts look at Kafka’s many database-like properties but conclude that it is almost never the right tool for the job! However, they explore a couple of interesting scenarios where it might make sense and look at Kafka’s value as a data store and a critical part of a durable data infrastructure.

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