# Recording ready to view: Summer Apache Kafka® Meetup (Virtual) by Confluent Jul 31 2024

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**Watch the recording and ask questions about this event in this thread!**

- 🗓 **When** : 31 July 2024 at 18:00 (PDT)
- 🗣 **Speaker(s)**: Raghav Nehru, Sandon Jacobs
- 📔 **Talk(s)**: _Stories from running Kafka on Kubernetes_ & _Ensuring Data Quality in Apache Kafka®: Great Power and Responsibility_

https://play.vidyard.com/No6FZorodb5rQRYSR9jz2V.html?

_Stories from running Kafka on Kubernetes_

Running Kafka on Kubernetes introduces a myriad of challenges and opportunities. This talk dives into the journey of deploying and managing Kafka clusters within Kubernetes environments. We will explore real-world stories, lessons learned, and best practices gathered from implementing Kafka in production Kubernetes clusters.

**Slides** : [here](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q9Uwo4GSSPZ2KWSPM7-bmkYxK0B6QgGJ/view)

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_Ensuring Data Quality in Apache Kafka®: Great Power and Responsibility_

The great philosopher Stan Lee once wrote: “with great power comes great responsibility.” Little did he know the lesson he was teaching about data stream quality. But who’s actually responsible for the quality and integrity of Apache Kafka-based data streams? Data contracts and schema evolution are central to building responsible Kafka producers. Let’s discuss the best practices involved in making producer applications good stewards of data streams for downstream consumers.

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