> Would appreciate it if you disclosed your affiliation with Synadia and NATS before advertising it.
Fair point, but I did not mention Synadia. FWIW, I have been a NATS user for seven+ years prior to joining Synadia so I was speaking on behalf of myself and experience with the tech.
Also fair point that the nats.io website does not highlight this strongly. The NATS maintainers are aware (nearly all employed by Synadia) and we are working on it.
I disagree that simply because it is not advertised as a "edge" technology that it is not one of the best-in-class techs for edge. It simply means, we are doing a poor job at awareness.
> Why don't you start comparing yourself to products and technology that serve the edge
The vast majority of people and customers compare NATS to Kafka and the variety of variants out there. Once the push on edge occurs, I suspect comparison to these other tech will occur.
To be clear, I am not looking for a "winner" in this discussion, rather my original comment was to correct a gap in understanding of what NATS is capable of.
It's nice to hear that NATS is tackling this problem space. I'll give it a try.
> I disagree that simply because it is not advertised as a "edge" technology that it is not one of the best-in-class techs for edge. It simply means, we are doing a poor job at awareness.
It's very easy to say "NATS is for everything", which seems to be the case here. It would be great if that was backed up with evidence.
It is a top priority. I do appreciate the constructive criticism and conversation. Feel free to reach out to me (byron at synadia dot com) or on the NATS Slack (https://slack.nats.io).
Fair point, but I did not mention Synadia. FWIW, I have been a NATS user for seven+ years prior to joining Synadia so I was speaking on behalf of myself and experience with the tech.
Also fair point that the nats.io website does not highlight this strongly. The NATS maintainers are aware (nearly all employed by Synadia) and we are working on it.
I disagree that simply because it is not advertised as a "edge" technology that it is not one of the best-in-class techs for edge. It simply means, we are doing a poor job at awareness.
> Why don't you start comparing yourself to products and technology that serve the edge
The vast majority of people and customers compare NATS to Kafka and the variety of variants out there. Once the push on edge occurs, I suspect comparison to these other tech will occur.
To be clear, I am not looking for a "winner" in this discussion, rather my original comment was to correct a gap in understanding of what NATS is capable of.