Liftbridge
Infrastructure
message streaming
SHOW HN2020
How HN took it
2 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score +0.05.
Idea: 1 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Simple design with no ZooKeeper or JVM, appealing to Go users
From 2 comments
And for exactly these reasons I absolutely LOVE this project. Big Go user. Finding this today was a pure gift. Thank you very much for making these excellent design choices and…
DLA on HNSome of the key differences: - Written in Go rather than Java/Scala (big benefit here IMO is getting a small static binary rather than having to run a JVM) - Doesn't rely on…
tylertreat on HN
Clear differences from Kafka explained by maker
From 1 comment
Some of the key differences: - Written in Go rather than Java/Scala (big benefit here IMO is getting a small static binary rather than having to run a JVM) - Doesn't rely on…
tylertreat on HN
Objections
Overview docs assume too much background knowledge
From 1 comment
Not a question, but just a quick comment: Your overview page assumes familiarity with a bunch of concepts. If you could find the time, perhaps it would be helpful writing up a…
olau on HN
Not well suited to multi-region clusters due to Raft latency
From 1 comment
We've been experimenting with Liftbridge at a range of scales and workloads, and clusters that are distributed across a single region perform very well. However, it's not really…
paddybyers on HN
Requests
Consumer groups like Kafka's
From 1 comment
Some of the key differences: - Written in Go rather than Java/Scala (big benefit here IMO is getting a small static binary rather than having to run a JVM) - Doesn't rely on…
tylertreat on HN
Clearer production-readiness and performance information
From 2 comments
The project has basically jumped from v0.0.1 to v1.0.0 within 4-5 months ... but how does it fare with reliability, throughput, ordering and deliveries? Is it PROD ready? are…
bamazizi on HNHow does it compare in performance?
fcanesin on HN
Questions
Is it production ready and what workloads suit it?
From 1 comment
The project has basically jumped from v0.0.1 to v1.0.0 within 4-5 months ... but how does it fare with reliability, throughput, ordering and deliveries? Is it PROD ready? are…
bamazizi on HN
How does performance compare?
From 1 comment
How does it compare in performance?
fcanesin on HN
How does it handle high-latency geographically distributed setups?
From 1 comment
I've been watching this with some interest as the successor of NATS streaming. One question I have is how does it fair in potential-high-latency, geographically distributed…
kodablah on HN
Alternatives named
Kafka
From 2 comments
For those who are wondering the difference between Kafka/Pulsar and Liftbridge (from the docs): "Liftbridge was designed to bridge the gap between sophisticated but complex…
berkayozturk on HNCould you explain the differences between Liftbridge and Kafka?
tutfbhuf on HN
Apache Pulsar
From 1 comment
For those who are wondering the difference between Kafka/Pulsar and Liftbridge (from the docs): "Liftbridge was designed to bridge the gap between sophisticated but complex…
berkayozturk on HN
NATS Streaming
From 1 comment
For those who are wondering the difference between Kafka/Pulsar and Liftbridge (from the docs): "Liftbridge was designed to bridge the gap between sophisticated but complex…
berkayozturk on HN
MQTT
From 1 comment
Not OP but you may find MQTT useful. http://mqtt.org/
kitd on HN
Supabase Realtime
From 1 comment
This is very cool OP. Amazing work. For anyone looking for something similar, we are adding streams to Postgres - https://github.com/supabase/realtime It isn’t an exact…
kiwicopple on HN