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Each event updates a row in the materialized table view. Same data, two views.
What you're seeing
Stream = unbounded sequence of (key, value, ts) events. Table = current value per key (folded from stream). Materialized table view is the result of applying every event in order.
Kafka Streams KTable, Flink SQL CREATE TABLE — same idea. The duality lets you switch between views as the problem demands.
★ KEY TAKEAWAY
Stream of updates → table view (latest per key). Same data, two views — the foundation of Kafka Streams and Flink SQL.
▶ WHAT TO TRY
- Click Emit next event a few times.
- Left grows forever (stream). Right shows latest per key (table view).