Redpanda: an alternative to Kafka with a different architecture

Redpanda promises Kafka-protocol compatibility without the JVM, without ZooKeeper, and with a thread-per-core architecture. By 2025 there are already serious production deployments. It is worth understanding where the switch pays off and where it does not.

August 19, 2025 5 min 222 4.4

Architecture

RabbitMQ for Message Queues: When It’s Still the Choice

Kafka gets the headlines as the byword for modern messaging, but RabbitMQ remains the better choice for task queues with retries, asynchronous RPC, and pub/sub with complex routing. This guide compares both against NATS, walks through classic patterns and production mistakes, and helps you decide based on the actual use case rather than the trend.

July 25, 2023 4 min 331 4.8