DaveKlein, in the reply email of "Kafka Streams" on the question to use Kafka Streams or just a consumer you specified:
> But Streams and Consumer are just libraries, so start with Consumer and if > you find yourself doing more processing, consider moving to Kafka Streams. I though Kafka Consumer was also just a library, and didn't knew Streams helped with processing, can you elaborate on this? Thanks for sharing your knowledge! Miguel Suárez