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AckWait Is a Contract: How a 30-Second Default Took Down My JetStream Consumer
I lost an evening to a NATS JetStream pull consumer that doubled its work in production. The cause was three lines of ConsumerConfig I never wrote. These are my notes on what AckWait actually counts, why MaxDeliver = -1 is the silent footgun, and the 70-line Go contract I now ship on every JetStream consumer.
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Cell-Based Architecture Isn't Free: What Slack, DoorDash, and Roblox Actually Paid For It
Cell-based architecture contains blast radius, but it is not free. A look at what Slack, DoorDash, and Roblox actually paid for cells in production — and a checklist for the cheaper fault-isolation patterns most teams should reach for first.
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