Postgres is a great pub/sub and job server (2019)

Re:Postgres is a great pub/sub and job server (2019) by threeseed on Friday December 17, 2021 @09:00PM (#29600785)

But Kafka does significantly more.

And if your needs are simpler like in this case then there are dozens of smaller pub/sub/queue systems that you could compare this to.

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Re:Postgres is a great pub/sub and job server (2019) by speed_spread on Friday December 17, 2021 @10:30PM (#29601317)

Limit the types of server used to reduce system complexity. If you can have all your business state in the same place, ops are much easier.

Kafka does more for streaming data, but doesn't do squat for relational data. You always need a database, but you sometimes can get by without a queuing system.

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Re:Postgres is a great pub/sub and job server (2019) by moneywoes on Friday December 17, 2021 @10:58PM (#29601493)

Briefly what are some mandatory kafka use cases?

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Re:Postgres is a great pub/sub and job server (2019) by akvadrako on Saturday December 18, 2021 @03:54AM (#29602973)

I would say postgres does much more. What use case can only Kafka handle?

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