Apache Kafka Architecture Fundamentals: Building Production-Ready Event Streaming Platforms

Master Apache Kafka’s distributed architecture fundamentals. Comprehensive guide covering core components, KRaft consensus protocol, replication strategies, and production deployment patterns for building scalable event streaming platforms.

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Azure Monitor with OpenTelemetry Part 5: Distributed Tracing Across Microservices

Master distributed tracing across microservices with OpenTelemetry and Azure Monitor. Learn W3C TraceContext propagation, automatic and manual context injection, cross-service correlation in .NET, Node.js, and Python, and troubleshooting broken traces in production environments.

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Mastering Dead Letter Handling and Retry Policies in Azure Event Grid – Part 1: Foundation and Strategy

In large-scale event-driven systems, not every message reaches its destination successfully on the first attempt. Network failures, service unavailability, and transient errors are inevitable in

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System Architecture Diagrams Part 2: Core Components & Building Blocks – Services, Data, and Dependencies

Deep dive into the core components that form system architecture diagrams. Learn to effectively represent services, data stores, message flows, and external dependencies. Part 2 of comprehensive architecture visualization series.

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Azure Container Services Comparison: Container Apps vs Container Instances vs AKS – Part 1: Overview and Core Differences

This entry is part 1 of 5 in the series Azure Container Services Comparison

A comprehensive comparison of Azure’s container services – Container Apps, Container Instances, and AKS. Learn which service to choose for your next project based on complexity, use cases, and requirements.

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