Key technologyEvent log4 min
Distributed, partitioned commit log for streaming events between services.Core featuresReplayability: consumers rewind offsetsDurable, replicated partitionsFault tolerant: leader failoverHigh throughput, scales by partitionsOrdering within a partitionWhen to useStreaming events between many servicesReplaying history to rebuild or backfillHigh-volume logs, metrics, clickstreamsServices react to published events instead of calling each other.Computing results continuously over unbounded event streams.Write the event to the database with the data, then publish it.Repeating a request has the same effect as doing it once.
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