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description: Applies general coding standards and best practices for Kafka development with Scala.
globs: **/*.scala
alwaysApply: true
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- All topic names config values (Typesafe Config or pure-config).
- Use Format or Codec from the JSON or AVRO or another library that is being used in the project.
- Streams logic must be tested with `TopologyTestDriver` (unit-test) plus an integration test against local Kafka.