Kiwi – End-to-End Kafka Subscriptions with WebAssembly
Hey HN! I'm excited to announce the release of Kiwi v0.1.1. I started working on Kiwi a few months ago with the primary motivation of providing an extensible WebSocket adapter that allows client applications to securely subscribe to real-time data sources such as Kafka. Often times, there is a desire to extend the real-time data that flows through sources like Kafka to end users in a fast and secure manner. Rather than standing up custom solutions, Kiwi lets operators focus on writing business logic, by loading custom WASM plugins that handle tasks like authorization and event filtering per…
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Kiwi is a WebSocket adapter that connects client applications to Kafka data sources in real time. It uses WebAssembly plugins to handle custom business logic like authorization and event filtering on a per-client basis, eliminating the need for separate infrastructure. Operators can focus on writing filters and access controls rather than building custom solutions from scratch.
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Hey HN! I'm excited to announce the release of Kiwi v0.1.1. I started working on Kiwi a few months ago with the primary motivation of providing an extensible WebSocket adapter that allows client applications to securely subscribe to real-time data sources such as Kafka. Often times, there is a desire to extend the real-time data that flows through sources like Kafka to end users in a fast and secure manner. Rather than standing up custom solutions, Kiwi lets operators focus on writing business logic, by loading custom WASM plugins that handle tasks like authorization and event filtering per client. There is a lot more information in the README. Any feedback would be much appreciated :) Thanks!
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