{"id":"kafka-api","name":"Apache Kafka / Confluent Cloud API","af_score":82.6,"security_score":null,"reliability_score":null,"what_it_does":"Apache Kafka event streaming platform (via Confluent Cloud REST API) for high-throughput, durable, replayable message streaming and event-driven architectures at scale.","best_when":"You need durable, replayable event streams at high throughput with multiple independent consumers reading the same events.","avoid_when":"You need simple work queues, don't need replay semantics, or can't justify Kafka's operational complexity.","last_evaluated":"2026-03-01T09:50:05.750155+00:00"}