The latest articles on DEV Community by Markus Dobrowolski (@asyncmonk). https://dev.to/asyncmonk https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3954610%2Fdff323c8-a30b-496f-9295-cf4c46c35aeb.png https://dev.to/asyncmonk en Markus Dobrowolski Wed, 27 May 2026 16:11:12 +0000 https://dev.to/asyncmonk/built-a-lightweight-desktop-app-for-browsing-kafka-topics-and-tailing-events-2d1 https://dev.to/asyncmonk/built-a-lightweight-desktop-app-for-browsing-kafka-topics-and-tailing-events-2d1 <p>I built a lightweight desktop app for browsing Kafka topics because I got tired of opening heavy admin dashboards just to inspect a few events.</p> <p>Offsy currently supports:</p> <ul> <li>Kafka topic browsing</li> <li>live message tailing</li> <li>JSON inspection</li> <li>filtering/search</li> <li>copyable events</li> <li>lightweight desktop workflow</li> </ul> <p>It’s currently an early access macOS alpha and I’m mainly looking for feedback from developers working with Kafka regularly.</p> <p>Would genuinely love to hear what features you’d expect from a tool like this.</p> <p><a href="https://offsy.app" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://offsy.app</a></p> backend showdev sideprojects tooling