Viktor Gamov

Viktor Gamov is a Principal Developer Advocate at Confluent, founded by the original creators of Apache Kafka®. With a rich background in implementing and advocating for distributed systems and cloud-native architectures, Viktor excels in open-source technologies. He is passionate about assisting architects, developers, and operators in crafting systems that are not only low in latency and scalable but also highly available.

As a Java Champion and an esteemed speaker, Viktor is known for his insightful presentations at top industry events like JavaOne, Devoxx, Kafka Summit, and QCon. His expertise spans distributed systems, real-time data streaming, JVM, and DevOps. Viktor has co-authored “Enterprise Web Development” and “Apache Kafka® in Action”. Follow Viktor on X - @gamussa to stay updated with Viktor’s latest thoughts on technology, his gym and food adventures, and insights into open-source and developer advocacy.

Twitter: @gamussa

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Short biography

Viktor Gamov is a Principal Developer Advocate at Confluent, founded by the original creators of Apache Kafka®. Viktor is known for his insightful presentations at top industry events like JavaOne, Devoxx, Kafka Summit, and QCon. His expertise spans distributed systems, real-time data streaming, JVM, and DevOps.

Full biography

👋 Hello!

Thank you for stopping by. My name is Viktor (I also go by Vik) Gamov.

I’m a Principal Developer Advocate at Confluent, founded by the original creators of Apache Kafka®. As a Java Champion and an esteemed speaker, Viktor is known for his insightful presentations at top industry events like JavaOne, Devoxx, Kafka Summit, and QCon. His expertise spans distributed systems, real-time data streaming, JVM, and DevOps You can find my past talks at https://speaking.gamov.io.

What do I do? A few things:

I occasionally 👨🏼‍💻 blog
I make some vids and livestream on 🎥 Youtube and 👾 Twitch.
And, obviously, push some code to 🐱 Github

I co-authored Manning’s book 📘 «Kafka in Action» and O’Reilly’s book 📗 «Enterprise Web Development. Building HTML5 Applications: From Desktop to Mobile.

You can follow me on 🐦 Twitter/X and 🖼 Instagram, where I post about gym and food adventures, and insights into open-source and developer advocacy.

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<p>Thank you for stopping by. My name is Viktor (I also go by Vik) Gamov.</p>
<p>I’m a Principal Developer Advocate at <a href="https://developer.confluent.io" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Confluent</a>, founded by the original creators of Apache Kafka®.
As a Java Champion and an esteemed speaker, Viktor is known for his insightful presentations at top industry events like JavaOne, Devoxx, Kafka Summit, and QCon. His expertise spans distributed systems, real-time data streaming, JVM, and DevOps You can find my past talks at <a href="https://speaking.gamov.io/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://speaking.gamov.io</a>.</p>
<p>What do I do? A few things:</p>
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<p>I occasionally <a href="http://gamov.io/posts.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">👨🏼‍💻 blog</a></p>
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<p>I make some vids and livestream on <a href="https://gamov.dev/youtube" target="_blank" rel="noopener">🎥 Youtube</a> and <a href="https://twitch.com/gamussa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">👾 Twitch</a>.</p>
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<p>And, obviously, push some code to <a href="https://github.com/gamussa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">🐱 Github</a></p>
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<p>I co-authored Manning’s book <a href="https://kafkainaction.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">📘 «Kafka in Action»</a> and O’Reilly’s book <a href="https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/enterprise-web-development/9781449357023/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">📗 «Enterprise Web Development. Building HTML5 Applications: From Desktop to Mobile</a>.</p>
<p>You can follow me on <a href="https://x.com/gamussa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">🐦 Twitter/X</a> and <a href="https://instagram.com/gamussa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">🖼 Instagram</a>, where I post about gym and food adventures, and insights into open-source and developer advocacy.</p>