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June 25, 2019 | Episode 39

Apache Kafka 2.3 | What's New in This Release + Updates and KIPs

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Tim Berglund (Senior Director of Developer Experience, Confluent) explains what’s new in Apache Kafka® 2.3 and highlights some of the most important Kafka Improvement Proposals (KIPs).

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