kafka-perf-review
Kafka Performance Configuration Review
Reviews producer and consumer configurations in both the live cluster and the codebase for performance anti-patterns. These settings are the same across all Kafka client libraries (they're Kafka protocol properties).
Target environment and path: $ARGUMENTS (defaults to src/ for codebase scan if path not specified)
Workflow
Copy this checklist and track your progress:
Performance Review Progress:
- [ ] Step 1: Inspect live cluster configs
- [ ] Step 2: Scan codebase for producer/consumer configs
- [ ] Step 3: Audit producer configs
- [ ] Step 4: Audit consumer configs
- [ ] Step 5: Cross-reference cluster and code configs
- [ ] Step 6: Generate report
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