Message stuck in Kafka queue for months delivered, writes bestselling novel

“In late May, I was sent across the ocean through an undersea cable to be delivered from the USA to India. It’s not like my life has much meaning, I exist as a bunch of bits, electronically defined and crafted, but physically, just a jitter of electric impulses. My developers certainly reminded me of that” “We just forgot about it” They are nameless. Oft disrespected. Ephemeral. Yet, our world would cease to exist without them. “I accepted the moniker 0000” the now bestselling author tells us, through text on a screen “I wanted the world to know how I saw myself because of their actions. 0, but not once, not twice, four times over. I hope they finally feel my pain” Early in May, last year, realtime streaming startup REALTIM faced a serious issue - their Kafka message queue kept crashing after they ported it to Kubernetes to scale it up. Experiencing an incredible 160% growth rate month on month, they now had to find a way to serve a total of 8 customers. “Our investors were clear ... Read full article.