Kafka
A distributed event streaming platform used for high-throughput, fault-tolerant data pipelines. At enterprise scale, Kafka ingests millions of events per second. PURIST uses Kafka-backed queues for clients with very high automation volumes.
Expert insight
Kafka is built for high-throughput, durable event streaming and is genuinely overkill for most small business automation needs, reaching for it because it's a well-known name rather than because the actual event volume and durability requirements justify its operational complexity is a common over-engineering mistake.
In a real workflow
Kafka streams order events to several consumers such as billing, analytics and notifications.
Common mistakes
- Choosing Kafka for small volumes.
- Ignoring consumer lag.
Complexity level
Technical term used in production automation systems.
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