The Synchrony Budget
Read OriginalThis technical article introduces the 'synchrony budget' concept for distributed systems design. It argues for minimizing synchronous inter-service calls to reduce latency and improve service availability. Using an e-commerce order processing example, it contrasts synchronous and asynchronous communication patterns, recommending asynchronous messaging (e.g., via Kafka) for notifications where immediate consistency isn't required.
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