Pre-conj Prep: David Pick

September 30, 2014

Talk: Building a Data Pipeline with Clojure and Kafka

Background

David Pick's talk at the conj is about Kafka, which is a distributed messaging system. It implements a publish/subscribe model and runs in a cluster. Its documentation claims that Kafka has very high throughput.

Why it matters

Braintree, where David Pick works, is a huge payment processor, now owned by PayPal. They must have very strict availability and consistency requirements in addition to the scale. The talk description hints that Clojure was helpful to their success. Some of the best talks I've seen are this kind of experience report.

About David Pick

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This post is one of a series called Pre-conj Prep, which originally was published by email. It's all about getting ready for the upcoming Clojure/conj, organized by Cognitect. Conferences are ongoing conversations and explorations. Speakers discuss trends, best practices, and the future by drawing on the rich context built up in past conferences and other media.

That rich context is what Pre-conj Prep is about. I want to enhance everyone's experience at the conj by surfacing that context. With just a little homework, we can be better prepared to understand and enjoy the talks and the hallway conversations, as well as the beautiful venue and city of Washington, DC.

Clojure/conj is a conference organized and hosted by Cognitect. This information is in no way official. It is not sponsored by nor affiliated with Clojure/conj or Cognitect. It is simply me curating and organizing public information about the conference.