# Starting with Kafka

DevFeed: [Starting with Kafka](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/starting-with-kafka-18670.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.tinybird.co/blog/starting-with-kafka>)

Author: Javi Santana

Published: 2021-06-25T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Tinybird](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/tinybird.md>)

Topics: [Kafka](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kafka.md>), [Streaming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/streaming.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>)

Tags: [complexity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/complexity.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [guide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/guide.md>), [kafka](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kafka.md>), [scalable-analytics-architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scalable-analytics-architecture.md>), [streaming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/streaming.md>)

## AI overview

A beginner-oriented guide to Kafka that aims to make streaming data easier to approach.

## Source excerpt

Starting with Kafka feels overwhelming. This guide cuts through the complexity and gets you streaming data in hours, not weeks.