Kafka Connect: Build & Run Data Pipelines • Kate Stanley, Mickael Maison & Danica Fine

This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club. http://gotopia.tech/bookclub Read the full transcription of the interview here (https://gotopia.tech/episodes/341) Kate Stanley - Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat & Co-Author of "Kafka Connect" Mickael Maison - Senior Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat & Co-Author of "Kafka Connect" Danica Fine - Lead Developer Advocate, Open Source at Snowflake RESOURCES Kate (https://x.com/KateStanley91) https://fosstodon.org/@katheris (https://github.com/katheris) https://www.linkedin.com (https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherine-kate-stanley-3796b579) Mickael https://bsky.app/profile/mickaelmaison.bsky.social https://mas.to/@MickaelMaison (https://stackoverflow.com/users/1765189/mickael-maison) https://www.linkedin.com (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mickaelmaison) https://mickaelmaison.com Danica https://bsky.app/profile/thedanicafine.bsky.social (https://x.com/TheDanicaFine) https://data-folks.masto.host/@thedanicafine https://www.linkedin.com (https://www.linkedin.com/in/danica-fine) (https://github.com/danicafine) https://linktr.ee/thedanicafine Links https://kafka.apache.org https://flink.apache.org https://debezium.io https://strimzi.io DESCRIPTION Danica Fine together with the authors of “Kafka Connect” Kate Stanley and Mickael Maison, unpack Kafka Connect's game-changing power for building data pipelines—no tedious custom scripts needed! Kate and Mickael Maison discuss how they structured the book to help everyone, from data engineers to developers, tap into Kafka Connect’s strengths, including Change Data Capture (CDC), real-time data flow, and fail-safe reliability. RECOMMENDED BOOKS Kate Stanley & Mickael Maison • Kafka Connect (https://amzn.to/40Jq5Jz) Shapira, Palino, Sivaram & Petty • Kafka: The Definitive Guide (https://amzn.to/3ULdz8A) Viktor Gamov, Dylan Scott & Dave Klein • Kafka in Action (https://amzn.to/3CrB8KU) Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/gotocon.com) Twitter (https://twitter.com/GOTOcon) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/goto_con) LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto-) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences) CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket: gotopia.tech (https://gotopia.tech) SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL (https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1) - new videos posted daily!