# How can we improve performance of an application/microservice Using Kafka

**URL:** <https://forum.confluent.io/t/how-can-we-improve-performance-of-an-application-microservice-using-kafka/5743>\
**Category:** Architecture and Design\
**Created:** [10 August 2022 15:10 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/how-can-we-improve-performance-of-an-application-microservice-using-kafka/5743 "2022-08-10T15:10:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![vicky007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/58956e/32.png) [@vicky007](https://forum.confluent.io/u/vicky007)\
**Post date:** [10 August 2022 15:10 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/how-can-we-improve-performance-of-an-application-microservice-using-kafka/5743/1 "2022-08-10T15:10:38Z")

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How can we improve performance of an application/microservice Using Kafka?  
Would like to get ideas from all of you.

Thanks,  
Vignesh G

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**Author:** ![OneCricketeer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.confluent.io/onecricketeer/32/1551_2.png) [@OneCricketeer](https://forum.confluent.io/u/OneCricketeer)\
**Post date:** [4 September 2022 22:04 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/how-can-we-improve-performance-of-an-application-microservice-using-kafka/5743/2 "2022-09-04T22:04:40Z")

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Where are you currently experiencing bottlenecks? What benchmarks have you done? What client settings do you currently have?