Load testing Apache Kafka using k6, with Mostafa Moradian (k6 Office Hours #62)
Senior Software Engineer Mostafa Moradian joins us to talk about load testing Apache Kafka using k6 and the extension he created, called xk6-kafka. He describes what Kafka is, the basics of Kafka, and why he thinks load testing it is important. Mostafa works on the backend team at k6/Grafana Labs.
Check out xk6-kafka at: https://github.com/mostafa/xk6-kafka
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We used some video clips from these awesome people:
@StephaneMaarek : Apache Kafka in 5 min: • Apache Kafka in 5 minutes
@ciaranod1981 Introduction to Message Brokers: • Introduction to Message Brokers
@ADevStory : What is Event Driven Architecture?: • What is Event Driven Architecture? (EDA - ...
And here are other resources we mentioned:
Mathias Verraes - Eventsourcing: State from Events or Events from State?: https://verraes.net/2019/08/eventsour...
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Contact Mostafa:
Twitter: / mosimoradian
Site: https://mostafa.dev/
Contact Nicole:
Twitter: / n_vanderhoeven
Site: https://nicolevanderhoeven.com
Contact Paul:
Twitter: / javaducky
Site: https://javaducky.com/
Learn more about k6:
Website: https://k6.io
Repo: https://github.com/k6io/k6