Schema Registry & Avro

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Q1Why use a Schema Registry instead of just sending JSON

A Schema Registry enforces versioned, compatible message contracts and shrinks payloads, whereas raw JSON leaves the contract unwritten and unprotected.

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Q2JSON vs Avro vs Protobuf for Kafka, and how the Schema Registry serializer works (magic byte + schema id)

Avro and Protobuf over a Schema Registry put a tiny magic byte and schema id on the wire, not the whole schema, so records stay small and the format stays governed.

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