The article discusses the creation of Apache Kafka, highlighting its purpose to handle large volumes of real-time data streams efficiently. It addresses the challenges faced by developers and organizations in managing data flow and how Kafka provides a scalable and fault-tolerant solution. The significance of Kafka in modern data architecture is emphasized.

Netflix has developed a Real-Time Distributed Graph (RDG) to address the complexities arising from their evolving business model, which includes streaming, ads, and gaming. The first part of this series details the architecture and ingestion pipeline that processes vast amounts of data to facilitate quick querying and insights.