Fare gates emit tap events onto the city's event bus as riders enter. In Kafka terms, what role are the gates playing?
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Short Explanation
Producers are the talkers. Fare gates speak first—they publish each tap onto the topic so everyone else can listen later.
Full Explanation
Kafka producers write records to topics. Devices and applications such as fare gates act as producers when they publish events onto the bus. Distinguishing producers from brokers and consumers clarifies basic Kafka roles in civic ingestion.