In the previous blog post, I promised we would introduce something special this time. So here we go - meet almighty Dionysus, who knows how to make the most of Kafka.

Let's discuss how we use Kafka in Smily, how we got where we are now, and how the overall architecture has evolved over time.

Let's start with perhaps the most exciting piece of tech we use in Smily - Apache Kafka.

Let's examine the four primary ways services can be integrated and how they all play their part in our architecture in Smily (formerly BookingSync).