Interesting, it looks like redpanda is a Kafka replacement and redpanda connect is a Kafka connect replacement but with a supported set of connectors (sources and sinks). I (once upon a time) had to write a Kafka connector myself so I get the general idea.
To be honest, I hadn't really given much thought about what event streaming I would use anyway. So I imagine using redpanda along with redpanda connect could be that layer (I was considering just using Redis streams or even PostgreSQL) and then there is just another redpanda connector for the db to add into that mix. If someone is starting from scratch that might be a good path. But I agree the MIT license of warpstream is a bit nicer if all you need is the connectors.
To be honest, I hadn't really given much thought about what event streaming I would use anyway. So I imagine using redpanda along with redpanda connect could be that layer (I was considering just using Redis streams or even PostgreSQL) and then there is just another redpanda connector for the db to add into that mix. If someone is starting from scratch that might be a good path. But I agree the MIT license of warpstream is a bit nicer if all you need is the connectors.