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Discussion on: Kafka, GDPR and Event Sourcing

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Kasey Speakman • Edited

Thanks for the article.

I do not think it addresses the concerns, as isolation between entities is still a large problem (How do I check state of a single entity in order to validate and fulfill a request? What happens when the state structure of the entity needs to change due to new features?). The deletion problem in Kafka highlights the isolation issue. Since you cannot do topic per entity feasibly, you are forced to mutate the topic with no real audit guarantees that only a single entity is affected. Kafka was designed for a large problem, so it doesn't suit the small granularity of this requirement.

I do embrace event-based architectures, and Kafka has an important role to play there. But I don't think it is the right tool for everything.

This is a bit of a derail from the original topic, and I apologize for that. If you want to discuss it further we can do so in a separate article or you can email me. kasey symbolic-at cornerspeed dee-oh-tee com