Ditching Databases for Apache Kafka as System of Record

> We store all our data in Kafka, allowing us to cost-effectively and securely store tens or even hundreds of petabytes of data and retain it over many decades.

> KOR was founded in 2021

Apache Kafka released in 2011, the company promoting themselves in this article just two years ago. Let us know how this worked out when "many decades" have passed.

Kafka vs. relational databases apples to oranges.