WarpStream is a drop-in replacement for Apache Kafka, aiming to simplify the process of connecting it to external systems by leveraging existing connectors, but managing Kafka Connect is still a complex task. To address this, WarpStream embeds Bento, a stateless stream processing framework written in Go, which offers similar functionality to Kafka Connect and additional lightweight stream processing capabilities. By integrating Bento into its Agents, WarpStream reduces the operational burden on customers, allowing them to focus on using the platform without managing additional infrastructure. The integration enables users to write single message transforms, aggregations, multiplexing, enrichments, and more, all within a stateless binary that runs directly in their cloud accounts, making stream processing more operationally mundane than ever before.