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Signals and Threads

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The Scaling Story Is Simplified and Easier

The ordering guarantee when you consume data is that the data from a particular source will come in the order that it was entered into the system. You can get kind of shearing between different data sources. Things might come in different orders for different consumers, and that allows you to build a system where there aren't a lot of tight dependencies. In exchange for having lighter guarantees that you provide to the users, you make the scaling story simpler and easier.

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