[–] al2o3cr 8y ago ↗ even kafka (basically just log part of mysql without columns). For example, a kafka topic could be seen as a table with the columns: offset, value. In much the same way that a block of carbon with a couple gas cylinders (H2, N2, O2) on top is "basically just" a person... [–] alexandercrohde 8y ago ↗ No, not at all. Sql is a superset of Kafka, anything Kafka can do a Sql server can do.Kafka is very basic tool in comparison, that drops 90% of functionality for a speed gain in one use case.There's no reason you couldn't write a custom storage engine that behaved exactly like kafka with Postgres.
[–] alexandercrohde 8y ago ↗ No, not at all. Sql is a superset of Kafka, anything Kafka can do a Sql server can do.Kafka is very basic tool in comparison, that drops 90% of functionality for a speed gain in one use case.There's no reason you couldn't write a custom storage engine that behaved exactly like kafka with Postgres.
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[ 3.5 ms ] story [ 18.6 ms ] threadKafka is very basic tool in comparison, that drops 90% of functionality for a speed gain in one use case.
There's no reason you couldn't write a custom storage engine that behaved exactly like kafka with Postgres.