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Why was it named that is also a question.

> Jay Kreps chose to name the software after the author Franz Kafka because it is "a system optimized for writing", and he liked Kafka's work.

From Wikipedia.

A system optimized for writing could also describe the machine in Kafka's "In the Penal Colony".

Kafkaesque to configure and get running for simple tasks.

That’s funny, I assumed it was called Kafka because the act of processing items in a queue over and over could be described as kafkaesque.

It is called Kafka because it can write.

It's a bit like calling a dictation software "Hitler" because he also liked to dictate.

Thats a brilliant idea, although if I ever create a dictation software I am going to call it 'Mussolini'.

> Thats a brilliant idea

I know, Claude was also enthusiastic about it.

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