docs: tweaks to include subscribe based sinks

doc/user/content/concepts/sinks.md

@@ -12,14 +12,15 @@ aliases:
 
 ## Overview
 
-Sinks are the inverse of sources and represent a connection to an external stream
-where Materialize outputs data. When a user defines a sink over a materialized view,
-source, or table, Materialize automatically generates the required schema and writes down
-the stream of changes to that view or source. In effect, Materialize sinks act as
-change data capture (CDC) producers for the given source or view.
+Sinks are the inverse of sources and represent a connection to an external
+stream where Materialize outputs data. You can sink data from a **materialized**
+view, a source, or a table.
 
-Currently, Materialize only supports sending sink data to Kafka. See
-the [Kafka sink documentation](/sql/create-sink/kafka) for details.
+## Sink methods
+
+To create a sink, you can:
+
+{{< yaml-table data="sink_external_systems" >}}
 
 ## Clusters and sinks
 
@@ -29,7 +30,8 @@ See also [Operational guidelines](/manage/operational-guidelines/).
 
 ## Hydration considerations
 
-During creation, sinks need to load an entire snapshot of the data in memory.
+During creation, Kafka sinks need to load an entire snapshot of the data in
+memory.
 
 ## Related pages
 

doc/user/content/serve-results/sink/_index.md

@@ -11,31 +11,20 @@ menu:
 ---
 
 A [sink](/concepts/sinks/) describes the external system you want Materialize to
-write data to and details the encoding of that data.
+write data to and details the encoding of that data. You can sink data from a
+**materialized** view, a source, or a table.
 
-### Creating a sink
+## Sink methods
 
-When a user defines a sink over a **materialized** view, source, or table,
-Materialize automatically generates the required schema and writes down the
-stream of changes to that view or source. In effect, Materialize sinks act as
-change data capture (CDC) producers for the given source or view.
+To create a sink, you can:
 
-During creation, sinks need to load an entire snapshot of the data in memory.
+{{< yaml-table data="sink_external_systems" >}}
 
 ### Operational guideline
 
 - Avoid putting sinks on the same cluster that hosts sources to allow for
 [blue/green deployment](/manage/dbt/blue-green-deployments).
 
-### Available guides
-
-The following guides are available for sinking results from Materialize to external systems:
-
-- [Sinking results to Amazon S3](/serve-results/sink/s3/)
-- [Sinking results to Census](/serve-results/sink/census/)
-- [Sinking results to Kafka/Redpanda](/serve-results/sink/kafka/)
-- [Sinking results to Snowflake](/serve-results/sink/snowflake/)
-
 ### Troubleshooting
 
 For help, see [Troubleshooting

doc/user/content/serve-results/sink/kafka.md

@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ menu:
 ## Connectors
 
 Materialize bundles a **native connector** that allow writing data to Kafka and
-Redpanda.
+Redpanda. When a user defines a sink to Kafka/Redpanda, Materialize
+automatically generates the required schema and writes down the stream of
+changes to that view or source. In effect, Materialize sinks act as change data
+capture (CDC) producers for the given source or view.
 
 For details on the connector, including syntax, supported formats and examples,
 refer to [`CREATE SINK`](/sql/create-sink/kafka).
@@ -24,10 +27,14 @@ refer to [`CREATE SINK`](/sql/create-sink/kafka).
 
 Redpanda uses the same syntax as Kafka [`CREATE SINK`](/sql/create-sink/kafka).
 
-{{</ tip >}}
+{{< /tip >}}
 
 ## Features
 
+### Memory use during creation
+
+During creation, sinks need to load an entire snapshot of the data in memory.
+
 ### Automatic topic creation
 
 If the specified Kafka topic does not exist, Materialize will attempt to create

doc/user/data/sink_external_systems.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+columns:
+  - column: Method
+  - column: External system
+  - column: Guide(s) or Example(s)
+
+rows:
+  - External system: "Amazon S3 or S3-compatible storage"
+    Method: "Use `COPY TO` command"
+    Guide(s) or Example(s): |
+      - [Sink to Amazon S3](/serve-results/sink/s3/)
+
+  - External system: "Census supported destinations"
+    Method: "Use Census as an intermediate step"
+    Guide(s) or Example(s): |
+      - [Sink to Census](/serve-results/sink/census/)
+
+  - External system: "Snowflake and other systems that can read from S3"
+    Method: "Use `COPY TO` S3 or S3-compatible storage as an intermediate step"
+    Guide(s) or Example(s): |
+      - [Sink to Snowflake](/serve-results/sink/snowflake/)
+
+  - External system: "Kafka/Redpanda"
+    Method: "Use a native connector"
+    Guide(s) or Example(s): |
+      - [Sink to Kafka/Redpanda](/serve-results/sink/kafka/)
+
+  - External system: "Various"
+    Method: "Use `SUBSCRIBE`"
+    Guide(s) or Example(s): |
+      - [Sink to Postgres](https://github.com/MaterializeInc/mz-catalog-sync)
+      - [Sink to Redis](https://github.com/MaterializeIncLabs/mz-redis-sync)