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Apr 7, 2022 · Fundamentals
Understanding Kafka Topic Partitions and Consumer Groups with a Plants vs Zombies Analogy
This article uses the Plants vs Zombies game to illustrate why Kafka topics need partitions, how consumer groups work, and the benefits of partitioning, replication, and load balancing in a distributed messaging system.
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