Rootconf Mini 2025, Hyderabad

Discover how Apache Kafka transformed a complex application architecture into a scalable one. The talk will start with first showcasing the existing app architecture, scaling needs and how they were achieved. Next I will showcase the problems scaling the architecture created — specifically the app level issues related to websocket connectivity. Finally, I will explain how introducing Kafka across Kubernetes clusters helped fix the issues and scale even further, towards Multi Cloud.

Learn how Kafka, deployed across Kubernetes clusters, became the backbone of the solution, enabling seamless scaling and solving critical application-level challenges. Explore my journey in the challenges I faced in implementing a multi cloud Kafka cluster and how Kafka can drive architectural resilience.

Key takeaways:
Learn what problems websockets solve
Learn when and where to use Kafka
Apply Kafka in a distributed environment, such as Kubernetes and prepare beforehand for all the challenges that come with it

This talk has a lot of moving parts - Websockets, Kafka, Kubernetes, Cloud. It is perfect for all developers, whether you are into Frontend, Backend, Data Engineering or DevOps and will definitely make you a better developer!