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Wednesday October 1st, 2025 hosted at Thrive Centennial\u00a09200 East Mineral Avenue, Centennial, Colorado 80112<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

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**Everyone, please note that our October Meetup will be on the first Wednesday in October.<\/strong><\/p>\n

5:30-6:00: Food, Soda, Beer, and Networking<\/p>\n

6:00-6:15: Announcements<\/p>\n

6:15-7:45:<\/strong>\u00a0Stream Processing Smackdown: Kafka Streams vs. Apache Flink<\/strong><\/p>\n

Attention, Data Streaming Engineers! In a world where speed is everything, choosing the proper stream processing framework is crucial. Want to supercharge your apps with real-time data processing? Should you opt for the streamlined Kafka Streams, a lightweight library for building streaming applications, or the feature-rich Apache Flink, a powerful and flexible stream processing framework? Viktor will walk you through the nuts and bolts of these two leading technologies.<\/p>\n

About Viktor Gamov<\/strong>
\nViktor Gamov is a Principal Developer Advocate at Confluent, founded by the original creators of Apache Kafka\u00ae. With a rich background in implementing and advocating for distributed systems and cloud-native architectures, Viktor excels in open-source technologies. He is passionate about assisting architects, developers, and operators in crafting systems that are not only low in latency and scalable but also highly available.<\/p>\n

As a Java Champion and an esteemed speaker, Viktor is known for his insightful presentations at top industry events like JavaOne, Devoxx, Kafka Summit, and QCon. His expertise spans distributed systems, real-time data streaming, JVM, and DevOps. Viktor has co-authored \u201cEnterprise Web Development\u201d and \u201cApache Kafka\u00ae in Action\u201d.<\/p>\n

Follow Viktor on X – @gamussa to stay updated with Viktor\u2019s latest thoughts on technology, his gym and food adventures, and insights into open-source and developer advocacy.<\/p>\n

7:45: Door prizes<\/p>\n

Thanks to our sponsors!<\/p>\n