System Design
Backpressure in Streaming Systems
Bounded buffers, reactive pull-based demand, and log-based pull consumption: three ways streaming systems handle a slow consumer.
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Event-Driven Architecture
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System Design
Event Sourcing Fundamentals: Storing Facts Instead of State
Why storing immutable facts instead of current state changes how you build, replay, and evolve systems, and when it isn't worth the cost.
2 min read
System Design
Message Queues vs. Event Streams: Picking the Right Backbone
Message queues and event streams solve different problems — a practical comparison of consumption models, ordering, replay, and backpressure.
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