# confluent.io

> AI-optimized mirror of confluent.io containing 50 pages totalling 35,467 words of clean markdown content, structured data, and semantic HTML. Original source: https://confluent.io/. Last updated: 2026-04-30T20:55:53.726Z.

Each page is available as HTML (with JSON-LD structured data) and Markdown (text-only, ideal for LLMs and RAG).

## Homepage

- [Build Faster. Scale Smarter.](/site-root.html): Stream, connect, process, and govern your data with a unified Data Streaming Platform built on the heritage of Apache Kafka® and Apache Flink®. (1,519 words)

## Articles & Blog Posts

- [Data Streaming Turns Data at Rest into Data in Motion](/product/stream/index.html): Learn how to use data streaming to build and integrate modern, cloud-native systems and act on real-time data with the Confluent data streaming platform. (2,358 words)
- [blog/kafka-consumer-multi-threaded-messaging/index.html](/blog/kafka-consumer-multi-threaded-messaging/index.html) (1 words)
- [blog/making-data-quality-scalable-with-real-time-streaming-architectures.html](/blog/making-data-quality-scalable-with-real-time-streaming-architectures.html) (1 words)
- [blog/kafka-listeners-explained/index.html](/blog/kafka-listeners-explained/index.html) (1 words)
- [blog/amazon-opensearch-ingestion-adds-support-for-confluent-cloud.html](/blog/amazon-opensearch-ingestion-adds-support-for-confluent-cloud.html) (1 words)
- [use-case/cdc-pipelines/index.html](/use-case/cdc-pipelines/index.html) (1 words)
- [blog/schema-management-costs/index.html](/blog/schema-management-costs/index.html) (1 words)
- [blog/event-driven-ai-building-a-research-assistant-with-kafka-and-flink.html](/blog/event-driven-ai-building-a-research-assistant-with-kafka-and-flink.html) (1 words)
- [learn/index.html](/learn/index.html) (1 words)
- [blog/iot-with-kafka-connect-mqtt-and-rest-proxy/index.html](/blog/iot-with-kafka-connect-mqtt-and-rest-proxy/index.html) (1 words)
- [Building a data streaming application](/blog/data-governance-for-real-time-data-streams/index.html): Building data streaming applications, and growing them beyond a single team is challenging. Data silos develop easily and can be difficult to solve. The tools provided by Confluent’s Stream Governance platform can help break down those walls and make your data accessible to those who need it. (1,628 words)
- [blog/real-time-insurance-quotes/index.html](/blog/real-time-insurance-quotes/index.html) (1 words)
- [Agentic AI Streamposium: Learn to Build Real-Time AI Agents & Apps](/blog/design-considerations-for-cloud-native-data-systems.html): Twenty years ago, the data warehouses of choice were Oracle and Teradata. Since then, growth and innovation has shifted to the cloud, and a new generation of data systems have […] (2,215 words)
- [blog/kafka-fastest-messaging-system/index.html](/blog/kafka-fastest-messaging-system/index.html) (1 words)
- [blog/serverless-stream-processing-with-apache-kafka-and-azure.html](/blog/serverless-stream-processing-with-apache-kafka-and-azure.html) (1 words)
- [blog/ai-agents-using-anthropic-mcp/index.html](/blog/ai-agents-using-anthropic-mcp/index.html) (1 words)
- [blog/unify-streaming-and-analytical-data-with-confluent-tableflow-and-amazon-sagemaker-lakehouse.html](/blog/unify-streaming-and-analytical-data-with-confluent-tableflow-and-amazon-sagemaker-lakehouse.html) (1 words)
- [blog/build-deploy-consume-data-pipelines/index.html](/blog/build-deploy-consume-data-pipelines/index.html) (1 words)
- [blog/tableflow-ga-kafka-snowflake-iceberg/index.html](/blog/tableflow-ga-kafka-snowflake-iceberg/index.html) (1 words)
- [Agentic AI Streamposium: Learn to Build Real-Time AI Agents & Apps](/blog/event-sourcing-outgrows-the-database/index.html): I’ve always found event sourcing to be fascinating. We spend so much of our lives as developers saving data in database tables—doing this in a completely different way seems almost […] (1,752 words)
- [Agentic AI Streamposium: Learn to Build Real-Time AI Agents & Apps](/blog/announcing-confluent-cloud-azure-cosmos-db-connector.html): Today, Confluent is announcing the general availability (GA) of the fully managed Azure Cosmos DB Sink Connector within Confluent Cloud. Now, with just a few simple clicks, you can link […] (1,340 words)
- [blog/configuring-apache-kafka-consumer-group-ids/index.html](/blog/configuring-apache-kafka-consumer-group-ids/index.html) (1 words)
- [Symptoms in the Series](/blog/debug-apache-kafka-pt-3/index.html): Rebalancing comes into play in Apache Kafka® when consumers join or leave a consumer group. In either case, there is a different number of consumers over which to distribute the partitions from the topic(s), and, so, they must be redistributed and rebalanced.... (2,152 words)
- [contracts/index.html](/contracts/index.html) (1 words)
- [blog/exactly-once-semantics-are-possible-heres-how-apache-kafka-does-it.html](/blog/exactly-once-semantics-are-possible-heres-how-apache-kafka-does-it.html) (1 words)
- [Virtual Event Agentic AI Streamposium: Learn to Build Real-Time AI Agents & Apps](/blog/generative-ai-meets-data-streaming-part-1/index.html): This blog series explores how technologies like generative AI, RAG, VectorDBs, and DSPs can work together to provide the freshest and most actionable data. Part 1 lays the foundation for understanding how data fuels AI, and why having the right data at the right time is essential for success. (2,125 words)
- [The Fashion Web](/blog/ranking-websites-real-time-apache-kafkas-streams-api.html): This article is by Hunter Kelly, Technical Architect at Zalando. Hunter enjoys using technology, and in particular machine learning, to solve difficult problems. He’s a graduate of the University of […] (1,924 words)
- [What is Pub/Sub?](/learn/publish-subscribe/index.html): Pub/sub is a messaging framework commonly used for inter-service communication and data integration pipelines. Learn how it works, with examples, benefits, and use cases. (1,577 words)
- [Delivering more cost-effective options with Freight clusters](/blog/freight-clusters-are-generally-available/index.html): Confluent Cloud Freight clusters are now Generally Available on AWS. In this blog, learn how Freight clusters can save you up to 90% at GBps+ scale. (1,326 words)
- [[Virtual Event] Agentic AI Streamposium: Learn to Build Real-Time AI Agents & Apps](/blog/flink-action-create-vector-embeddings/index.html): Confluent’s Create Embeddings Action for Flink helps you generate vector embeddings from real-time data to create a live semantic layer for your AI workflows. (1,115 words)
- [What is a magic byte?](/blog/how-to-fix-unknown-magic-byte-errors-in-apache-kafka.html): If you’ve been working with Kafka Streams and have seen an “unknown magic byte” error, you might be wondering what a magic byte is in the first place, and also, how to resolve the error. This post explains the answers to both questions. (950 words)
- [Confluent Appoints Stephanie Buscemi Chief Marketing Officer](/press-release/confluent-appoints-stephanie-buscemi-chief-marketing-officer.html): Confluent is building the foundational platform for data in motion so any organization can innovate and win in a digital-first world. (637 words)
- [Agentic AI Streamposium: Learn to Build Real-Time AI Agents & Apps](/blog/confluent-can-save-2-5-million-vs-open-source-apache-kafka.html): If you’re reading this, it’s likely because you are leveraging (or considering) Apache Kafka® in your organization—especially as it has become the de facto standard for data streaming. Adopted by […] (1,064 words)
- [Disaster Recovery](/resources/topic/disaster-recovery/index.html): Guides, ebooks, webinars, and more to help you achieve true disaster resilience using Apache Kafka. Make sure you have a plan to prevent downtime and data loss. (431 words)
- [Author: Martin Kleppmann](/blog/author/martin-kleppmann/index.html): Find all articles on Apache Kafka, Confluent, and real-time data streaming technologies from Martin Kleppmann. (374 words)
- [Real-Time AI Sales Coaching](/use-case/ai-sales-coaching/index.html): Use Confluent Cloud, Flink, and Azure OpenAI to build a real-time GenAI sales meeting coach using retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) to deliver live, contextual coaching from your internal materials and deliver impactful. (534 words)
- [[Virtual Event] Agentic AI Streamposium: Learn to Build Real-Time AI Agents & Apps](/blog/5-ways-experience-future-data-streaming-confluent-reinvent-2023.html): Get ready to pack your bags and head to Las Vegas to meet Confluent at AWS re:Invent 2023. As a Platinum sponsor, we're pulling out all the stops to showcase the full power of our data streaming platform and demonstrate how we can help you get more from your data with Confluent Cloud on AWS. (806 words)
- [Author: Jun Rao](/blog/author/jun-rao/index.html): Find all articles on Apache Kafka, Confluent, and real-time data streaming technologies from Jun Rao. (393 words)
- [Confluent Champion: Alex’s Leadership Journey in the Workplace](/blog/confluent-champion-alexs-leadership-journey-in-the-workplace.html): Excited by the possibilities offered by Confluent’s data in motion technology, Alex Lamy joined our company five years ago. Now, as Regional Sales Director in France, Alex heads up a sales team that stretches across Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland and Maghreb. (914 words)
- [**What Does It Mean to Do “Remote” Well?**](/blog/remote-first-in-person-onboarding-confluent/index.html): How Confluent blends remote-first flexibility with in-person onboarding to build connection, purpose, and long-term employee success from day one. (950 words)
- [[Virtual Event] Agentic AI Streamposium: Learn to Build Real-Time AI Agents & Apps](/blog/confluent-cloud-fully-managed-kafka-on-microsoft-azure.html): Today, we are proud to make Confluent Cloud available to companies leveraging the Microsoft Azure ecosystem of services, in addition to the previous rollouts on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and […] (866 words)
- [Welcome to the Resource Center](/resources/index.html): Learn new skills, explore the trends, and find the answers you need to your biggest questions about Confluent, data streaming, Apache Kafka, and Apache Flink.  (512 words)
- [The transition to GenAI](/blog/data-streaming-platforms-unlock-genai-potential/index.html): In just a few months since it became widely available, generative AI has swiftly captivated the attention of organizations across industries. In March 2023, IDC polled organizations and found that 61% were already doing something with generative AI (GenAI). (1,645 words)
- [Here to Answer Your Questions](/contact/index.html): Have questions? Comments? Get information about Confluent's event streaming platform, managed Kafka services, support, and training. (432 words)
- [connect-transformations](/hub/confluentinc/connect-transforms/index.html): Discover 200+ expert-built Apache Kafka connectors for seamless, real-time data streaming and integration. Connect with MongoDB, AWS S3, Snowflake, and more., A collection of SMTs (single message transforms) for use with Kafka
Connect. Includes the following:

ExtractTopic: Extract data from a message or its head... (873 words)
- [Data Sharing](/use-case/data-sharing/index.html): Learn how to share well-governed data in real time across organizational boundaries with Confluent. (374 words)
- [Company](/blog/area/company/index.html): Learn about the newest products, features, news, and updates for Confluent's fully managed, cloud-native Apache Kafka, Flink, and data streaming platform. (750 words)
- [Technology](/blog/area/technology/index.html): Find technical tutorials, best practices, customer stories, and feature updates related to Apache Kafka, Confluent, and real-time streaming data technologies. (967 words)
- [Generative AI for...](/generative-ai/index.html): Unleash the power of GenAI and machine learning. Use Confluent data streaming platform to build a real-time, contextualized, and trustworthy 
knowledge base for your LLMs and GenAI applications. Access resources including blogs, webinars, demos, and more. (945 words)

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