When I first started writing my book, Mastering Kafka Streams and ksqlDB, I had no idea what I was doing. However, as my book finally heads to the printer, I have decided to reflect on some of the things that helped me get to the finish line. In this post…

Background The Java ecosystem is evolving in exciting ways. Historically, Java developers who wanted to build standalone CLI programs would have to leave the Java ecosystem and instead use a language like Golang, which can compile source code into light-weight, standalone binaries that are easy to use and distribute. However, a…