[dathinab]

Didn't some newspaper use Kafka to store the newspapers they released in order or something similar? (I think it was the New York Times, maybe??).

Honestly as long as you don't use it as a general purpose database, it might very well be the best choice for your use-case.

[je42]

Indeed. Known the tools and apply the one that has least cons and most pros ;).

Also, a good starter to for knowing how to use a Streaming Store like Kafka as DB is the video Database inside-out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU9hR3kiOK0

[barnabask]

2017 article: https://open.nytimes.com/publishing-with-apache-kafka-at-the...

[lmm]

I'd actually say Kafka makes a better general-purpose database. SQL databases are only appropriate for a pretty narrow range of problems.