https://www.pistack.xyz/tags/data-streaming/ Recent content in Data-Streaming on Pi Stack Hugo en-us Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-08-23-kafka-client-libraries-kafka-go-kafka-python-confluent-comparison/ Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-08-23-kafka-client-libraries-kafka-go-kafka-python-confluent-comparison/ <p>Your pipeline is processing a million events an hour, and suddenly a consumer rebalances mid-batch. Messages start landing in the wrong partition, lag spikes, and the on-call phone lights up. The broker is fine — the <strong>client library</strong> is what bit you. Choosing the right Kafka client determines your throughput ceiling, your dependency footprint, and how much of your weekend you spend debugging offset commits.</p>