Building a Meal-Planning Agent With Apache Kafka and Flink

As a dad of two toddlers with very particular tastes — one constantly wants treats for dinner and the other refuses anything that isn’t beige — dinnertime at my house is a nightly episode of “Chopped: Toddler Edition.” Add in early bedtimes and the need to avoid meltdowns (theirs and mine) and dinner becomes less about gourmet aspirations and more about survival. The goal? Walk away with everyone fed, happy and preferably not covered in food.

Meal planning is the ultimate balancing act: managing picky preferences, dietary needs and…