Kafka - Curated .NET Articles & Tutorials

Curated .NET news, articles, and tutorials about Kafka, drawn from .NET News Daily issues.

18 curated issues

Kafka Consumer Group Pattern in .NET: A Simple Guide with a Real-World Example

When building applications with Apache Kafka, one of the most powerful patterns is the Consumer Group Pattern.

Featured in Issue #449 May 06, 2026

Issue also covered: Azure, Cosmos DB, C#, GitHub Copilot, Performance, PostgreSQL, Profiling, Visual Studio

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Just Use Postgres as a Queue?

I’ve noticed a trend, and a lot of people are saying the same thing: just use Postgres as a queue. No Kafka, no Redis, no RabbitMQ, just one database for everything. And I totally get it. I get the ap...

Featured in Issue #443 April 28, 2026

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Authentication, Blazor, C#, Design Patterns, .NET 10, EF Core, Minimal APIs

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The Classic Distributed System Dilemma: Database vs Kafka — What Comes First?

When building backend systems in a microservices architecture, a very common and practical problem appears during flows like user…

Featured in Issue #427 April 06, 2026

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Authentication, Authorization, C#, .NET Core, EF Core, OpenAI, Security

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From Hangfire to Message Brokers: Evaluating RabbitMQ and Kafka in .NET

Lessons from exploring background jobs, event-driven architecture, and scalability as systems grow

Featured in Issue #425 April 02, 2026

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Blazor, C#, .NET 10, .NET Framework, EF Core, .NET MAUI, Performance

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Command Line Interface Consumer for Kafka in C#

When I started working with Kafka, I installed it locally on Docker and used a combination of the Confluent Command Line Interface (CLI) and C# programs I wrote. One of the CLI tools from Confluent l...

Featured in Issue #388 February 10, 2026

Issue also covered: Authentication, Authorization, Azure, EF Core, Performance, Security, Source Generators, Visual Studio

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🔴 VS Code Live - AI-Powered Kafka Development: Confluent Extension + GitHub Copilot + MCP

Getting Started With .NET Aspire 13: Building and Deploying an App With PostgreSQL, Redis, and Docker Compose

Featured in Issue #387 February 09, 2026

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure, Azure Functions, Blazor, Cosmos DB, CQRS, Docker, .NET 10

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Understanding Schema Registry in Apache Kafka using .net

Apache Kafka - Schema Registry using .net

Featured in Issue #372 January 19, 2026

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure, C#, .NET 10, GitHub Copilot, Minimal APIs, Security, Serilog

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Implementing the Outbox Pattern in ASP.NET Core for Reliable Message Delivery

Ensure reliable message delivery in ASP.NET Core with the Outbox Pattern. Learn how to implement it using EF Core and RabbitMQ/Kafka for robust microservices.

Featured in Issue #330 November 20, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, .NET Aspire, Authentication, Clean Architecture, C#, Domain-Driven Design, .NET 10, .NET Core

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.Net and Kafka Integration: A Practical Guide

In my previous article, I gave an overview about Kafka Architecture. This article is going to explain Producer and Consumer functionality…

Featured in Issue #277 September 04, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure, CQRS, C#, .NET 10, .NET Core, EF Core, GitHub Copilot

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Event-Driven Microservices with Apache Kafka and .NET 8

Event-Driven Microservices with Apache Kafka and .NET 8

Featured in Issue #265 August 19, 2025

Issue also covered: AOT, ASP.NET Core, Azure, Clean Architecture, CQRS, C#, Dapper, Domain-Driven Design

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️ “Yesterday Our Queue Handled 1 000 000 Messages — Today It Melted.

https://medium.com/@michaelmaurice410/%EF%B8%8F-yesterday-our-queue-handled-1-000-000-messages-today-it-melted-d59a92d546e7

Featured in Issue #224 June 23, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, .NET Aspire, Azure, Azure Functions, Clean Architecture, C#, .NET 8, EF Core

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Implementing Event-Driven Architectures with Kafka, RabbitMQ, or Azure Service Bus (Comparisons, Pros, and Cons)

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/implementing-event-driven-architectures-with-kafka-rabbitmq-or-azure-service-b/

Featured in Issue #197 May 15, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Blazor, C#, Dapper, Docker, .NET 10, .NET Core, EF Core

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Death by DTO: How Excessive Mapping Slowed Down Our Kafka Consumer

https://piyushdoorwar.medium.com/death-by-dto-how-excessive-mapping-slowed-down-our-kafka-consumer-ddb08881d1bc

Featured in Issue #194 May 12, 2025

Issue also covered: Azure, Domain-Driven Design, EF Core, GitHub Copilot, OpenTelemetry, Performance

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Consuming from Kafka without Consumer Groups in C#

https://medium.com/norsk-helsenett/consuming-from-kafka-without-consumer-groups-in-c-5a17c67d7b35

Featured in Issue #186 April 30, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure, Clean Architecture, C#, Domain-Driven Design, .NET 10, EF Core, GitHub Copilot

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Kafka in C#: What I Learned by Powering Real-World Banking Systems

https://medium.com/@sweetondonie/kafka-in-c-what-i-learned-by-powering-real-world-banking-systems-9ecf8062cdaf

Featured in Issue #184 April 28, 2025

Issue also covered: ASP.NET Core, Azure, C#, Dapper, .NET 10, .NET 9, EF Core, .NET MAUI

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Thread vs Task.Run in .NET — with Kafka Consumer Examples

https://ahmadminoo.medium.com/thread-vs-task-run-in-net-with-kafka-consumer-examples-a7d74e513e14

Featured in Issue #176 April 16, 2025

Issue also covered: .NET Aspire, Azure, Azure Functions, Blazor, C#, .NET 9, EF Core, GitHub Copilot

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