Explore reactive stream processing with Akka Streams in this comprehensive talk by Konrad Malawski of Typesafe. Gain insights into the Reactive Streams specification, understand the challenges it addresses, and learn how various implementations are working towards a unified streaming protocol. Discover how to leverage Akka Streams for efficient, asynchronous, type-safe, and back-pressured handling of streaming data. The presentation covers key concepts such as back pressure, pipelining, buffer space management, and graph-based stream processing. Delve into the Streams Processing Interface (SPI), sinks, and reusable components. Get a glimpse of future plans for Akka Streams and participate in a Q&A session to deepen your understanding of reactive stream processing.