The latest articles on DEV Community by Avraham Neeman (@avraham_neeman). https://dev.to/avraham_neeman 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%2F3379993%2Fb0324f12-31d5-43e4-9c5f-73def538b1b2.jpg https://dev.to/avraham_neeman en Avraham Neeman Tue, 22 Jul 2025 21:45:20 +0000 https://dev.to/avraham_neeman/97-drop-in-traffic-no-code-changes-just-added-a-package-1jba https://dev.to/avraham_neeman/97-drop-in-traffic-no-code-changes-just-added-a-package-1jba <p>One of our users was sending more Kafka traffic than needed.</p> <p>We added a small package on the client. Didn’t touch the code.</p> <p>Traffic dropped by 97%.</p> <p>This isn’t observability. It’s action.<br> Want the diff?</p> kafka msk confluent