Hi I'm the technical co-founder of a startup in San Francisco and I've been investigating using Kafka for some time.
I'm thinking about biting the bullet and integrating it soon into our system. My main concern is how much operational overhead it'll add. I'm the only engineer right now and am already stretched thin. Since Kafka isn't a must have yet, it only makes sense to adopt it if it's pretty care free. What are people's experiences in similar situations to mine? Is Kafka something you can setup and forget like say redis or is something I'll be babysitting a decent bit and spending a lot of time on upgrades etc.? Also I'd love to take anyone in San Francisco with Kafka experience out to lunch or coffee. Thanks! Kyle
