It's like 10,000 streams when what you need is a queue

You've invested in building event-driven systems. But as those systems grow, one question becomes increasingly important: Is every event really a stream? Many teams treat every domain event the same. The result can be unnecessary complexity, head-of-line blocking, failed message headaches, scaling challenges, and tighter coupling between services. Chris Simon explores what happens after event storming is complete and your design meets production. Through practical examples, he compares event streaming platforms such as Kafka with queue-based messaging systems including RabbitMQ, Azure Service Bus, and AWS SNS/SQS. You'll learn: When a stream is the right choice and when it isn't The operational trade-offs between streaming and queue-based messaging How to evaluate each event based on its operational requirements How to build systems that are more resilient, scalable, and loosely coupled Whether you're building new distributed systems or evolving existing ones, this session will help you make messaging decisions that simplify operations rather than complicate them. 💻 Webinar page: https://particular.net/webinars/it-is... Build better microservices with NServiceBus! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 🚀 Get started here: https://particular.net/ 🔔 Subscribe:    / particularsoftware   👨‍🎓 Training: https://particular.net/training-courses 🌏 Webinars: https://particular.net/webinars 👔 Consulting: https://particular.net/consulting 📝 Blog: https://particular.net/blog 💙 Twitter:   / particularsw   🩵 Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/particular.net 🤝 LinkedIn:   / nservicebus-ltd   🧵 Discuss: https://discuss.particular.net/ 🔗 Website: https://particular.net/ #dotnet #microservices #software #rabbitmq #aws #ddd #kafka #eventdriven #eventdrivenarchitecture