Apache Kafka for .NET Articles, Tutorials & News

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   Dead Letter Queues (DLQ) in Kafka with ASP.NET Core

   malshikay.medium.com · Issue #502 · Jul 22, 2026

   Helpful introductory coverage of DLQs for Kafka consumers. Good foundational ops topic for service teams.

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   Building Event-Driven Systems with Apache Kafka and .NET

   c-sharpcorner.com · Issue #495 · Jul 13, 2026

   Introductory but useful for teams moving from request-response apps toward event-driven .NET services with Kafka.

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   Three Ways to Handle Multiple Event Types in a Kafka Topic Using .NET, Avro, and Schema Registry

   medium.com · Issue #477 · Jun 17, 2026

   Useful if you're balancing topic design against schema evolution and consumer complexity in Kafka-heavy systems.

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   Event-Driven Architecture with Apache Kafka and .NET

   c-sharpcorner.com · Issue #472 · Jun 10, 2026

   Kafka + .NET event-driven architecture scales, but operational complexity grows fast.

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

   malshikay.medium.com · Issue #449 · May 06, 2026

   Consumer groups are foundational Kafka knowledge, and a .NET-focused real-world walkthrough makes it easier to apply.

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

   medium.com · Issue #427 · Apr 06, 2026

   Kafka-versus-database ordering is the kind of distributed-systems question that saves teams from rework.

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   Command Line Interface Consumer for Kafka in C#

   nodogmablog.bryanhogan.net · Issue #388 · Feb 10, 2026

   A handy Kafka CLI walkthrough for folks who still prefer command-line inspection over jumping straight into code.

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

   youtube.com · Issue #387 · Feb 09, 2026

   The Blazor EventCallback article is a useful reminder that UI event patterns matter once async code meets component lifecycles.

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  Dead Letter Queues (DLQ) in Kafka with ASP.NET Core

  malshikay.medium.com · Jul 22, 2026 · Issue #502

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  Building Event-Driven Systems with Apache Kafka and .NET

  c-sharpcorner.com · Jul 13, 2026 · Issue #495

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  Three Ways to Handle Multiple Event Types in a Kafka Topic Using .NET, Avro, and Schema Registry

  medium.com · Jun 17, 2026 · Issue #477

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  Event-Driven Architecture with Apache Kafka and .NET

  c-sharpcorner.com · Jun 10, 2026 · Issue #472

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

  malshikay.medium.com · May 06, 2026 · Issue #449

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  Just Use Postgres as a Queue?

  codeopinion.com · Apr 28, 2026 · Issue #443

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

  medium.com · Apr 06, 2026 · Issue #427

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

  medium.com · Apr 02, 2026 · Issue #425

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  Command Line Interface Consumer for Kafka in C#

  nodogmablog.bryanhogan.net · Feb 10, 2026 · Issue #388

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

  youtube.com · Feb 09, 2026 · Issue #387

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• RabbitMQ
• Service Bus
• Event Sourcing
• C#

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  Dead Letter Queues (DLQ) in Kafka with ASP.NET Core

  malshikay.medium.com · Jul 22, 2026 · Issue #502

  A beginner-friendly guide to Kafka DLQs in ASP.NET Core

  ASP.NET Core

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  Building Event-Driven Systems with Apache Kafka and .NET

  c-sharpcorner.com · Jul 13, 2026 · Issue #495

  Build scalable, real-time event-driven systems with Apache Kafka and .NET. Learn core concepts, implementation, and best practices for robust distributed applications.

  Design Patterns .NET Core

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  Three Ways to Handle Multiple Event Types in a Kafka Topic Using .NET, Avro, and Schema Registry

  medium.com · Jun 17, 2026 · Issue #477

  Sometimes you need to publish multiple event types to the same Kafka topic. While creating one topic per event type is often the simplest…

  C#

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  Event-Driven Architecture with Apache Kafka and .NET

  c-sharpcorner.com · Jun 10, 2026 · Issue #472

  Learn Event-Driven Architecture with Apache Kafka and .NET. Build scalable microservices using Kafka producers, consumers, topics, and real-time event processing.

  .NET Aspire Event Sourcing

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

  malshikay.medium.com · May 06, 2026 · Issue #449

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

  C#

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  Just Use Postgres as a Queue?

  codeopinion.com · Apr 28, 2026 · Issue #443

  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...

  Performance PostgreSQL

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

  medium.com · Apr 06, 2026 · Issue #427

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

  Design Patterns

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

  medium.com · Apr 02, 2026 · Issue #425

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

  RabbitMQ

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  Command Line Interface Consumer for Kafka in C#

  nodogmablog.bryanhogan.net · Feb 10, 2026 · Issue #388

  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...

  C#

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

  youtube.com · Feb 09, 2026 · Issue #387

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

  GitHub Copilot Visual Studio Code

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  Understanding Schema Registry in Apache Kafka using .net

  c-sharpcorner.com · Jan 19, 2026 · Issue #372

  Apache Kafka - Schema Registry using .net

  .NET Core

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

  c-sharpcorner.com · Nov 20, 2025 · Issue #330

  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.

  ASP.NET Core EF Core RabbitMQ

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  .Net and Kafka Integration: A Practical Guide

  medium.com · Sep 04, 2025 · Issue #277

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

  .NET Core

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  Event-Driven Microservices with Apache Kafka and .NET 8

  medium.com · Aug 19, 2025 · Issue #265

  Event-Driven Microservices with Apache Kafka and .NET 8

  .NET 8

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

  medium.com · Jun 23, 2025 · Issue #224

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

  Service Bus

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

  c-sharpcorner.com · May 15, 2025 · Issue #197

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

  RabbitMQ Service Bus

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

  piyushdoorwar.medium.com · May 12, 2025 · Issue #194

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

  Performance

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  Consuming from Kafka without Consumer Groups in C#

  medium.com · Apr 30, 2025 · Issue #186

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

  ASP.NET Core Azure Clean Architecture

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

  medium.com · Apr 28, 2025 · Issue #184

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

  C#

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

  ahmadminoo.medium.com · Apr 16, 2025 · Issue #176

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

  Performance

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• ASP.NET docs, events, and performance

  DotNetNews · Dec 24, 2024 · Issue #96

  Scalar API docs, CAP idempotent consumers, EF Core auditing, cache patterns, and .NET 8 performance tips for working developers.

  ASP.NET Core Azure EF Core

  Issue #96

• Kafka, event sourcing, and LINQ

  DotNetNews · Sep 04, 2024 · Issue #19

  Issue #19 covers Kafka messaging, event sourcing, LINQ efficiency, EF and MVC, exception handling, and a .NET 8 email API.

  C# .NET 8 .NET Core

  Issue #19