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Given their recentish argument with the CNCF[0] not sure how much I would trust it.

[0] https://www.cncf.io/blog/2025/05/01/protecting-nats-and-the-...

But that's the company that build the thing, which has apparently been told off by the CNCF? Seems like for once the thing functioned as it was intended to function?

I really like NATS and I agree, but im generally hesitant to use it in critical systems due to https://jepsen.io/analyses/nats-2.12.1

What is your take on this?

I still can't get over the demise of Memphis [0]. :'(

[0] https://github.com/superstreamlabs/memphis

Second for NATS.

I've deployed Core NATS as few times now at scale, including within financial trading. It's been a dream to operate.

I have limited experience with JetStream, but coming from Kafka and Rabbit MQ, it seemed nearly as featureful but also easier to maintain.