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		bsaul on June 19, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Why do message queue-based architectures s... « Use kafka as a basic message queue ». Since i’m guilty of that (i use kafka as the backbone for pretty much any service 2 service communication, under a « job » api) i wonder why you think that’s wrong.

joking on June 19, 2024 [–]

you have easiest ways to do a basic message queue. Kafka is overkill and it doesn't worth the overhead in simple escenarios.

busterarm on June 19, 2024 | [–]

This. And as-mentioned, RabbitMQ is already part of our platform. Using Kafka here is both extremely wasteful and unnecessarily complicates the product.

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