This article argues against the notion that Postgres can replace Kafka, highlighting their distinct purposes. It explains how using Postgres for event streaming can lead to challenges and inefficiencies, particularly for use cases Kafka is designed to handle.

This tutorial guides users through setting up a complete Change Data Capture (CDC) pipeline using Debezium and Kafka Connect to stream changes from a PostgreSQL database. It covers the prerequisites, infrastructure setup with Docker, PostgreSQL configuration, connector registration, and observing change events in Kafka topics.