Explore the challenges and solutions for building robust streaming data pipelines with Apache Spark in this 42-minute conference talk by Zak Hassan from Red Hat. Learn how to integrate Apache Kafka, Apache Spark, and Apache Camel to create a continuous data pipeline for Spark applications, addressing issues like dirty data in ETL processes. Discover techniques for extracting, transforming, and loading data from various systems into Apache Kafka, and leverage Spark's built-in Kafka connector. Gain insights into running these technologies inside Docker and benefit from lessons learned in real-world implementations. The talk covers data preparation, various data types and formats, and includes demonstrations comparing Hive and Spark, as well as practical examples using HDFS and Python code.