Out of the frustration with AMQP I've started my own ZeroMQ project.
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZeroMQ [2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Hintjens
Disclaimer: I knew Pieter personally and met him several times at his home and at conferences.
Three examples I'd recommend:
Life, Consulting, Humility, Calming Down: http://hintjens.com/blog:125 (confessions of a necromancer)
Presentations: http://hintjens.com/blog:107 (ten steps to better public speaking)
Life, Humility, Time: http://hintjens.com/blog:123 (fighting caner)
He's one of the few online writers who keeps my attention no matter the length. His humor is fun and his imagery and story telling style are engaging.
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I am not doubting that Pieter Hintjens deserves respect, but the ZeroMQ project was started by Martin. He wrote the vast majority of the code for the first two years, none of which was written by Pieter. Martin's company owned the copyright for the first 2 years, before it was purchased by Pieter's company. The only messages I see on the ZeroMQ mailing list from Pieter in those days are messages of congratulations and enthusiasm. I know Pieter and Martin worked together at iMatix, and that some of the ideas for ZeroMQ spun out of their mutual work with AMQP, but it is fair to say Martin started the ZeroMQ project.
I understand how Pieter presented things, but I think he did so with a revisionist viewpoint. I don't mean to disparage him or downplay the immense impact he had on the later success of ZeroMQ though.