Exactly, and tbh this kind of thing pisses me off. The "Kafka people" seem to imagine that what Zookeeper does is dead simple and they can bash together their o

Exactly, and tbh this kind of thing pisses me off. The "Kafka people" seem to imagine that what Zookeeper does is dead simple and they can bash together their own in a weekend and it'll be better. Zookeeper is great. Weird, for sure, and a bit of a pain in the arse. But it will neither lie to you nor lose data and this is much, much harder to achieve than you might think.