https://emsenn.net/tags/messaging/ Recent content in Messaging on emsenn.net Hugo en Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://emsenn.net/library/domains/engineering/domains/tech/domains/computing/texts/tech-messaging-systems-for-agentic-systems/ Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://emsenn.net/library/domains/engineering/domains/tech/domains/computing/texts/tech-messaging-systems-for-agentic-systems/ <p>For a distributed heterogeneous agentic system at nation-scale, message-passing is the primary concern: how do agents coordinate when they run in different processes, at different times, under different models, across different sites? Real-world messaging systems have solved slices of this problem. Each brings a pattern the 561 system can adopt.</p> <h2 id="apache-kafka--log-based-messaging"><a href="#apache-kafka--log-based-messaging" class="heading-anchor" aria-label="Link to this section">¶</a>Apache Kafka — log-based messaging </h2> <p>Kafka stores messages as an <strong>append-only log partitioned across brokers</strong>. Producers write to topics; consumers read by offset, replay at will. The log IS the state — downstream systems derive their view by consuming the log from offset 0. Retention is time-bounded (hours to forever). Ordering is guaranteed within a partition, not across.</p>