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Kafka Consumer Liveness: Heartbeats, Sessions & Timeouts Explained
Kafka uses heartbeats and timeouts to check if consumers are alive.
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Kafka Poison Messages: Risks of Infinite Retries
Poison messages in Kafka can cause infinite retries, risking system stability.
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HLD: Crash Failures vs Network Failures in Distributed Systems
Crash failures stop a service, while network failures disrupt communication.
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Kafka Producer Reliability: ACKs, Retries & Idempotence
Kafka producers use ACKs, retries, and idempotence to ensure reliable message delivery.
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Kafka Consumer Pause & Resume: Managing Backpressure Smartly
Kafka consumers can pause and resume message processing to handle backpressure effectively.
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