> To mitigate both of these issues, many developers end up buffering webhooks onto a message bus system like Kafka, which feels like a cumbersome compromise.
Kafka solves exactly the issue that the author is complaining about. This is a safeguard to ensure that data isn't dropped in the event of an issue, and provides mechanisms to replay events.
The tradeoff between pushing and polling have been argued since forever.
In other news, mechanics who work with bolts often do so with ratchets. This is a cumbersome compromise, just give me Torx fasteners!
Kafka solves exactly the issue that the author is complaining about. This is a safeguard to ensure that data isn't dropped in the event of an issue, and provides mechanisms to replay events.
The tradeoff between pushing and polling have been argued since forever.
In other news, mechanics who work with bolts often do so with ratchets. This is a cumbersome compromise, just give me Torx fasteners!