# ✍️ Lessons Learned from Running Apache Kafka at Scale at Pinterest

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**Created:** [22 February 2021 17:46 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/lessons-learned-from-running-apache-kafka-at-scale-at-pinterest/990 "2021-02-22T17:46:20Z")\
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**Post date:** [22 February 2021 17:46 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/lessons-learned-from-running-apache-kafka-at-scale-at-pinterest/990/1 "2021-02-22T17:46:20Z")

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✨ There’s a new post on the [Confluent blog](https://confluent.io/blog). Here’s a snippet from it:

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Apache Kafka® is at the heart of the data transportation layer at Pinterest. The amount of data that runs through Kafka has constantly grown over the years. This growth sometimes […]

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**[👉 Head over to the blog to read the full article](https://www.confluent.io/blog/running-kafka-at-scale-at-pinterest/)**