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Will real-time data processing replace batch processing?
At Confluent's user conference, Kafka co-creator Jay Kreps argued that stream processing would eventually supplant traditional methods of batch processing altogether.
Absolutely: Businesses operate in real-time and are looking to move their IT systems to real-time capabilities.
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Eventually: Enterprises will adopt technology slowly, so batch processing will be around for several more years.
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No way: Stream processing is a niche, and there will always be cases where batch processing is the only option.
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Matthew Flaming
Matthew Flaming

Matthew Flaming started doing DevOps before it had a name, writing distributed Java systems and racking the servers that hosted them at startups in the late '90s. He's been involved with architecting and implementing SaaS software ranging from IoT cloud runtimes to massively scaled data platforms. Currently, he's VP of site reliability at New Relic, focusing on the SRE practice and the technical, operational and cultural aspects of scaling and reliability.