Jan Siekierski

Schema Management in Kafka is often perceived as introducing significant overhead. Even though using Schemas provides transparency and predictability to your Topics, some teams don't use it because of this perceived complexity. It doesn't have to be complex. I've introduced a similar approach in 2 projects and engineers grasp it really quickly once you have proper setup in place. Once you've seen it once you just get it. I want to share this with you. In this session I'll cover important problems and choices you'll need to understand when using Schemas in Kafka: - Why use Schemas and when it isn't a good idea - How does Schema Evolution work and how to choose Compatibility Type - How and when to publish multiple Event types to the same topic - How to embrace GitOps in Schema Management - What tooling is available - What potential issues you might encounter