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> Apache Kafka is not an implementation of a message broker. Instead, it is a distributed streaming platform. Unlike RabbitMQ, which is based on queues and exch

> Apache Kafka is not an implementation of a message broker. Instead, it is a distributed streaming platform. Unlike RabbitMQ, which is based on queues and exchanges, Kafka’s storage layer is implemented using a partitioned transaction log. Kafka also... This seems like an important passage, drawing the crucial and long-awaited distinction between RabbitMQ and Kafka, and yet without having defined a "partitioned transaction log" the author strands the reader without any help in absorbing the distinction.

zerbinxx 3y ago
This is sadly commonplace in tech blogs: rather than taking a great opportunity to hook the reader, the writer will drop a vocab term in bold and move on.
estiller 3y ago
Hi, this is the article author here. Thanks for the feedback! I've written this article 3.5 years ago, and it could definitely deserve a shake-up. I agree this should be cleared up a bit.