Why Was Apache Kafka Created?

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soulcutter

We use kafka, and having to bolt on schema stuff is very odd. We have a lot of schema-less events as a result (yolo, I guess), and you can imagine there are problems that come with that.

So, yeah, I am surprised to learn in this article that schemas were part of the initial technical plans and not baked in. Anyone who uses a lot of kafka will end up reaching for them