1. Kafka: The Definitive Guide: Real-Time Data and Stream Processing at Scale 2. Taming the Sun: Innovations to Harness Solar Energy and Power the Planet

"Kafka: The Definitive Guide" was written with several target audiences in mind, including software engineers, production engineers, data architects, and data engineers. The book aims to provide the necessary skills and understanding for success in building and managing applications that utilize Kafka's APIs.

For software engineers who develop applications using Kafka's APIs, the book covers topics such as exception handling and concurrency, particularly in Chapters 3, 4, and 14. These chapters assume a basic familiarity with the Java programming language.

Production engineers, also known as SREs, DevOps, or sysadmins, who are responsible for installing, configuring, tuning, and monitoring Kafka in production, will find the content in Chapters 2, 10, 12, and 13 particularly relevant. These chapters assume the reader has some experience running Linux and familiarity with storage and network configuration in Linux.

Data architects and data engineers, who are responsible for designing and building an organization's entire data infrastructure, will also benefit from the book's comprehensive coverage of Kafka and software architectures in more general terms.

Additionally, the book can be valuable for managers and architects who do not directly work with Kafka but need to understand the assurances that Kafka provides and the trade-offs their teams will need to make while building Kafka-based systems. The book can serve as a resource to help managers ensure their teams are adequately trained in Apache Kafka and have the necessary knowledge.

O'Reilly's mission is to change the world by sharing the knowledge of innovators, and this book is a testament to that mission. For over 40 years, the company has been inspiring companies and individuals to do new things and do them better by providing the skills and understanding required for success.

The book, "Kafka: The Definitive Guide," is part of O'Reilly's commitment to helping its customers build the innovations that propel the world forward. It provides a comprehensive and authoritative guide on Kafka, a powerful and widely-adopted real-time data and stream processing platform, enabling readers to develop and manage Kafka-based systems effectively.

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