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In DBMS the "source of truth" is the log. Kafka can be used in exactly the same way, and in that sense, it can be the primary data store. Whether that's usefu

In DBMS the "source of truth" is the log. Kafka can be used in exactly the same way, and in that sense, it can be the primary data store. Whether that's useful for a given use case is certainly debatable. IIRC, the New York Times uses Kafka as the primary storage for their entire archive.

muxator 6y ago
> In DBMS the "source of truth" is the log that's only true in the (frequent) case of write-ahead logs. Some database engines may use Rollback logs, or undo logs.
- halbritt 6y ago
  A log is a log. Maybe read "I <3 Logs" by Jay Kreps, one of the founders of Confluent and creators of kafka.