Contributing to Open Source with the Kafka Connect MongoDB Sink ft. Hans-Peter Grahsl

Sink and source connectors are important for getting data in and out of Apache Kafka®. Tim Berglund invites Hans-Peter Grahsl (Technical Trainer and Software Engineer, Netconomy Software & Consulting GmbH) to share about his involvement in the Apache Kafka project, spanning from several conference contributions all the way to his open source community sink connector for MongoDB, now part of the official MongoDB Kafka connector code base. Join us in this episode to learn what it’s like to be the only maintainer of a side project that’s been deployed into production by several companies!EPISODE LINKSMongoDB Connector for Apache KafkaGetting Started with the MongoDB Connector for Apache Kafka and MongoDBKafka Connect MongoDB Sink Community ConnectorKafka Connect MongoDB Sink Community Connector (GitHub)Adventures of Lucy the Havapoo Join the Confluent Community SlackSEASON 2 Hosted by Tim Berglund, Adi Polak and Viktor Gamov Produced and Edited by Noelle Gallagher, Peter Furia and Nurie Mohamed Music by Coastal Kites Artwork by Phil Vo  🎧 Subscribe to Confluent Developer wherever you listen to podcasts. ▶️ Subscribe on YouTube, and hit the 🔔 to catch new episodes.👍 If you enjoyed this, please leave us a rating. 🎧 Confluent also has a podcast for tech leaders: "Life Is But A Stream" hosted by our friend, Joseph Morais.