Back to Basics With Core NATS

Welcome to season three of NATS.fm! Season two was… nevermind that. In this first episode of the new season we’re getting back to basics.

David, Tomasz, and Maurice scrutinize the impulse many have to overlook core NATS and jump ahead to JetStream and persistence. Core NATS is more capable than you think (and your persistence requirements are probably overstated).

Episode Summary

Topics covered in this episode include:

• Why developers should start with Core NATS before adding complexity
• Understanding connection management best practices
• How to achieve reliability with basic NATS patterns (e.g. PubSub)
• Common misconceptions about connection pooling
• Performance capabilities of a single NATS connection
• The relationship between Core NATS and JetStream

Additional Resources

• Want to get hands on with NATS patterns yourself? You can get started with Synadia Cloud in minutes.
• Want to go beyond the fundamentals and put NATS to the test? See NATS Bench, built into the NATS CLI.
• Questions about something discussed in the episode? David, Maurice, and Tomasz are all in the NATS community Slack.