Event-Driven Microservices
Event-driven approach in modern architectures; Loose bonding provides scale and durability. The two most frequently discussed options are: Apache Kafka and RabbitMQ.
When is Kafka?
- High throughput, stream processing, long-term retention
- Event replay and consumer groups
When is RabbitMQ?
- Transaction-oriented queues, routing, and flexible ACK models
- Simpler setup and management
Anti-Patterns
- Embedding large JSON in the event payload; not doing schema management
- Scale the consumer without establishing idempotency
decision; It should be given together with the workload characteristics and the competencies of your operations team.
