When an event backbone pays off
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In this lesson
decide when a broker or streaming platform is justified.
Planned topics
- Justified by many producers and consumers, replay needs, high volume, or decoupled teams.
- Costs: a platform to operate, skills, governance, and monitoring.
- Few integrations with simple needs can use direct APIs or a small managed queue.
- Build ownership and catalog first; the technology is the smaller decision.
Draft outline details
Demonstration
a checklist with thresholds set by the team (number of producers, consumers, need to replay, peak rate) and Larkspur's score.
Check your understanding
Name one sign that a backbone is probably premature.
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Two systems exchanging a few messages a day with no replay need.
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