# Patterns

Learn about common patterns for consuming data that Materialize sinks to external systems.




> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://materialize.com/docs/llms.txt).


The following section provides examples of common patterns for consuming the
data that Materialize writes to external systems:


## Pages in this section

- [Transactional downstream updates using Kafka](https://materialize.com/docs/markdown-docs/export-data/patterns/transactional-downstream-updates-kafka/index.md): Expose only fully committed Materialize timestamps when loading a Kafka sink into another data store.