The top requirements for building performant real-time applications

Real-time applications are becoming increasingly important in our fast-paced world, underpinning various aspects of daily life from consumer apps to business collaboration tools. To build successful real-time applications, engineering teams should consider a microservice architecture, utilize an open source data streaming platform like Apache Kafka, use self-healing nodes, ensure observability, and incorporate built-in data governance practices. Lenses.io and Aiven have partnered to provide a full-spectrum, unified Kafka solution for real-time applications in highly regulated environments.