giving up on kafka connect websockets, it doesn't work and there's no error messages and the documentaiton sucks

modules/events-processor/build.gradle.kts

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ description = """
 
 val projectId: String by project.extra
 
-@Suppress("UnstableApiUsage")
+@Suppress("UnstableApiUsage") // platform + version-catalog is incubating
 dependencies {
 
   implementation("org.apache.kafka:kafka-streams:3.0.0")
@@ -21,10 +21,12 @@ dependencies {
 
 //  implementation("com.ionspin.kotlin:bignum:0.3.3")
 
-  implementation(enforcedPlatform(libs.kotlinx.serialization.bom))
+  implementation(platform(libs.kotlinx.serialization.bom))
   implementation(libs.kotlinx.serialization.core)
   implementation(libs.kotlinx.serialization.json)
 
+  implementation(libs.kotlinx.coroutines)
+
   implementation(platform(libs.http4k.bom))
 //  implementation(libs.http4k.core)
   implementation(libs.http4k.cloudnative)
@@ -36,7 +38,6 @@ dependencies {
   implementation(libs.http4k.format.kotlinx)
 
   implementation(libs.bundles.logging)
-
 }
 
 application {

modules/infra-kafka-connect/build.gradle.kts

@@ -39,7 +39,12 @@ dependencies {
   implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-serialization-json")
 }
 
+// disabled for now...
+val projectEnabled = false
+
 val dockerBuildKafkaConnect by tasks.registering(Exec::class) {
+  enabled = projectEnabled
+
   group = "docker-compose"
   dependsOn(downloadCamelConnectors, tasks.dockerEnv)
 
@@ -54,6 +59,8 @@ val dockerBuildKafkaConnect by tasks.registering(Exec::class) {
 
 
 val downloadCamelConnectors by tasks.registering(Sync::class) {
+  enabled = projectEnabled
+
   group = project.name
   description = "Retrieve Camel Kafka Connectors from Maven, in preparation for the Docker build"
 
@@ -82,11 +89,15 @@ val downloadCamelConnectors by tasks.registering(Sync::class) {
 }
 
 tasks.dockerUp {
+  enabled = projectEnabled
+
   dependsOn(":modules:infra-kafka-cluster:dockerUp")
   dependsOn(downloadCamelConnectors)
 }
 
 tasks.dockerEnv {
+  enabled = projectEnabled
+
   properties(
     "CONNECTOR_ID" to "kafkatorio-connect",
     "KAFKA_CONNECT_VERSION" to libs.versions.confluent.kafkaConnect.get(),