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What does backpressure tell you?
Backpressure is the system stating its true capacity. The design question is who receives the message: a queue, a caller, or a customer.
#scaling#backpressure#queues
Architecture advice that starts with the load path.
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· 2 min read
Backpressure is the system stating its true capacity. The design question is who receives the message: a queue, a caller, or a customer.
#scaling#backpressure#queues
· 2 min read
Queues buy time-shifting and decoupling at the price of visibility and ordering. The three conditions under which that trade pays.
#design#queues#asynchrony
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