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Bio
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.
Q&A
What were your first experiences with Testcontainers?
The first time I learned about Testcontainers from Anton Arhipov and Sergei Egorov in 2015
What’s your favourite Testcontainers module?
Kafka, Postgres
What are your favourite features for Testcontainers?
Testcontainers Cloud
What’s the most memorable bug you managed to reproduce with a test using Testcontainers?
Testing of wasm filter inside Kong gateway