Prefer something that evokes "stream processing on top of Kafka". And since I've heard many people conflate "streaming" with "streaming video" (I know, duh!), I'd vote for Kafka Streams or a maybe KStream.
Thanks, Neha On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 6:08 PM, Jay Kreps <j...@confluent.io> wrote: > Also, the most important part of any prototype, we should have a name for > this producing-consumer-thingamgigy: > > Various ideas: > - Kafka Streams > - KStream > - Kafka Streaming > - The Processor API > - Metamorphosis > - Transformer API > - Verwandlung > > For my part I think what people are trying to do is stream processing with > Kafka so I think something that evokes Kafka and stream processing is > preferable. I like Kafka Streams or Kafka Streaming followed by KStream. > > Transformer kind of makes me think of the shape-shifting cars. > > Metamorphosis is cool and hilarious but since we are kind of envisioning > this as more limited scope thing rather than a massive framework in its own > right I actually think it should have a descriptive name rather than a > personality of it's own. > > Anyhow let the bikeshedding commence. > > -Jay > > > On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 5:59 PM, Guozhang Wang <wangg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I just posted KIP-28: Add a transform client for data processing > > < > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-28+-+Add+a+transform+client+for+data+processing > > > > > . > > > > The wiki page does not yet have the full design / implementation details, > > and this email is to kick-off the conversation on whether we should add > > this new client with the described motivations, and if yes what features > / > > functionalities should be included. > > > > Looking forward to your feedback! > > > > -- Guozhang > > > -- Thanks, Neha
