https://yshashanky.github.io/blog/Recent content on Shashank Yadavhttps://yshashanky.github.io/images/og-image.pnghttps://yshashanky.github.io/images/og-image.pngHugoen-usTue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://yshashanky.github.io/blog/xml-to-avro-specificrecord/Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://yshashanky.github.io/blog/xml-to-avro-specificrecord/A practical look at converting XML payloads to Avro SpecificRecord and GenericRecord in Java, using StAX, Schema Registry, and Kafka for the final publish flow.https://yshashanky.github.io/blog/kstream-vs-consumer-producer/Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://yshashanky.github.io/blog/kstream-vs-consumer-producer/A practical experience of choosing between Kafka Streams and separate Kafka Consumer and Producer clients for a cross-cluster Kafka pipeline.https://yshashanky.github.io/blog/fisher-yates-algorithm/Tue, 03 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://yshashanky.github.io/blog/fisher-yates-algorithm/A look at the Fisher-Yates shuffle algorithm, also known as the Knuth shuffle and a simple JavaScript implementation to get a random subset from an array.https://yshashanky.github.io/blog/why-and-how-to-use-k6-part-2/Sun, 25 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://yshashanky.github.io/blog/why-and-how-to-use-k6-part-2/A practical guide to structuring k6 load test projects - covering folder layout, writing main.js with options, setup, and report generation, and building reusable microservice controller files with custom metrics.https://yshashanky.github.io/blog/why-and-how-to-use-k6-part-1/Tue, 20 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://yshashanky.github.io/blog/why-and-how-to-use-k6-part-1/An introduction to k6 - what it is, its key features, how to export test results as HTML reports, and how to stream live metrics using the xk6-dashboard extension.