Why Python Data Engineers Should Know Kafka and Flink

Modern data platforms demand real-time context to extract meaningful insights. With AI agents becoming increasingly prevalent, this contextual accuracy is critical for minimizing hallucinations and ensuring reliable results. Data engineers who use Python, one of the most popular languages in the world, increasingly need to work with Apache Kafka and Apache Flink for streaming data processing.

While Python dominates data engineering (holding the No. 1 spot in both TIOBE and PYPL rankings), Apache Kafka and Apache Flink are both written in