When I'd Actually Reach for Kafka, Redpanda, or NATSPart 3 of 3 in Streaming Showdown. Previous: the real numbers and my test rig. Part 1 is the mistake I almost published. Part 2 is the corrected numbers and exactly what machine and versions produced Aug 2 · 5 min readnipunnair.hashnode.dev
Kafka vs Redpanda vs NATS on My M4 Mac: The Real Numbers Part 2 of 3 in Streaming Showdown. Previous: the benchmark bug. Next: when I'd actually reach for each. Part 1 is about how my first latency numbers were an artifact of a burst-then-drain test design,Aug 2 · 7 min readnipunnair.hashnode.dev
The Benchmark Bug That Made NATS Look 9x Faster Than KafkaPart 1 of 3 in Streaming Showdown. Next: the real numbers and my test rig. I've been running a small side-by-side benchmark of Kafka, Redpanda, and NATS JetStream — same event schema, same message sizAug 2 · 6 min readnipunnair.hashnode.dev
Streaming Showdown: Kafka vs Redpanda vs NATS, benchmarked honestlyIf you've ever had to pick a message broker or streaming platform, you've run into the same wall I did: every vendor comparison is written by the vendor, "benchmarks" quietly compare a tuned cluster aAug 2 · 4 min readnipunnair.hashnode.dev
