[zeromq-dev] Use case of migration from Kafka to ZeroMQ

[Pieter Hintjens]

Folks,

Here's a detailed and well-explained article on how Auth0 migrated
from Apache Kafka to ZeroMQ for their real-time log file aggregation:

http://tomasz.janczuk.org/2015/09/from-kafka-to-zeromq-for-log-aggregation.html

I especially liked the notes:

"Doing work always takes more effort than not doing it." and "Parts of
the system that are not there never break."

The conclusion of the article:

"By focusing on the key requirements of our scenario we were able to
significantly reduce the complexity of the solution. While improved
stability and reliability was the key motivation for this transition,
the added performance and reduced system complexity were a nice side
effects."

-Pieter