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# [Escaping the Kafka Trap: Scaling a Node.js Event Pipeline with Redis and BullMQ](https://rahulboney.hashnode.dev/escaping-the-kafka-trap-scaling-a-node-js-event-pipeline-with-redis-and-bullmq?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

You probably don't need a massive Kafka cluster. Here is how I avoided over-engineering and built a hyper-resilient, zero-data-loss event pipeline using Node.js and Redis.

May 10 · 4 min read · rahulboney.hashnode.dev  
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