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This should be labelled as Show HN. One comment - towards the end you say > You might think that Kafka would be using queue data structure internally. It’s not
by rad_gruchalski 5y ago
This should be labelled as Show HN. One comment - towards the end you say
> You might think that Kafka would be using queue data structure internally. It’s not true. Kafka uses a “log” data structure. It is a persistent data structure which allows only appends, no editing, no deletion. In detail, we will cover this some other day.
Almost immediately followed by:
> Ok, I have a confession . I lied. A Kafka topic is not just a single queue. It’s a combination of queues which helps kafka scale. Every queue is called partition.
- Tomte 5y ago> This should be labelled as Show HN No, it's a simple blog post.
- rad_gruchalski 5y agoYes, posted by the author of the blog post.
- thunderbong 5y agoFrom the FAQ [0] - > Show HN is for sharing your personal work and has special rules. The first line of the rules [1] - > Show HN is for something you've made that other people can play with. HN users can try it out, give you feedback, and ask questions in the thread. [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html
- rad_gruchalski 5y agoYou’re correct. I have learned something new: > Off topic: blog posts, sign-up pages, newsletters, lists, and other reading material. Those can't be tried out, so can't be Show HNs. Make a regular submission instead.