Any modern distributed system which requires high throughput, scaling, high availability etc., utilizes Kafka as one of its component. Thus, making Kafka a popular platform which need no introduction for itself.
However even though being an integral part of Kafka, Apache ZooKeeper is neither explored nor understood as much it should have. In this article we would briefly touch upon these aspects, and understand the next generation Kafka via KRaft mode and the benefits it bring over ZooKeeper.