November 17, 2025 | Episode 9

Reimagining Stream Processing with Matthias J. Sax | Ep. 9

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Viktor Gamov talks to Matthias J. Sax (Confluent) about his career in stream processing and, specifically, Kafka Streams. Matthias’ first job: an electrician-in-training on BMW’s assembly lines. His challenge: building Kafka Streams at Confluent with a focus on API design, backward compatibility, and a library-first approach that also fits microservices.

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Episode 9September 10, 2018 | 31 min

Ask Confluent #5: Kafka, KSQL and Viktor Gamov

Gwen is joined by co-host Tim Berglund and special guest, Viktor Gamov (Developer Advocate, Confluent), who specializes in Kafka, KSQL and Kubernetes.

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Episode 10September 20, 2018 | 29 min

Joins in KSQL 5.0 with Hojjat Jafarpour

KSQL 5.0 now supports stream-stream, stream-table and table-table joins. Tim interviews Hojjat Jafarpour about all three join types.

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Episode 11September 27, 2018 | 49 min

Kafka Streams in Action with Bill Bejeck

Tim Berglund interviews Bill Bejeck about the Kafka Streams API and his new book, "Kafka Streams in Action."

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