Creating a Python Microservice Tier in Four Sprints with Cassandra, Kafka, and DSE Graph

Join Jeff Carpenter, DataStax Director of Developer Advocacy, as he retraces his journey to create a Python implementation of the KillrVideo microservice tier in four sprints. 

In this talk we’ll consider:

• Advice on API design and infrastructure selection for microservice architectures
• The case for Python as a viable language for microservice implementations
• Best practices for integrating Apache Cassandra, Apache Kafka, and DataStax Enterprise Graph in Python applications
• Lessons learned from livestreaming a graph recommendation engine implementation on Twitch