https://devops-monk.com/tags/event-streaming/Recent content in Event-Streaming on Devops MonkHugoen-usMon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://devops-monk.com/tutorials/spring-kafka/what-is-apache-kafka/Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://devops-monk.com/tutorials/spring-kafka/what-is-apache-kafka/The Problem Kafka Solves Imagine an e-commerce platform. A customer places an order. What needs to happen next? Inventory must be reserved Payment must be charged A confirmation email must be sent The warehouse must be notified to pick and pack Analytics must record the sale Fraud detection must evaluate the transaction One request. Six downstream systems. In a traditional REST architecture, the Order Service calls each of those six services directly — synchronously, one after another.