Producer Default Partitions and Key Hashing

The video tutorial explains the process of key hashing in Kafka, focusing on the serialization of keys into bytes and their transformation using the Murmur2 algorithm. It discusses the default partitioner class, advising against overriding it unless necessary. The tutorial also covers the hashing formula used in Kafka, emphasizing that the same key will always map to the same partition unless the number of partitions changes. This change can disrupt the hashing formula, leading to different partition assignments for the same key. The content is aimed at students curious about advanced Kafka settings.

Why is it generally not recommended to override the default partitioner in Kafka?

Describe the target formula for determining the partition of a record key.