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@ Daniel Spiewak
2025-02-13 16:17:28
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqdhlp9quv7gxr9vspuv7rramapsxaw2phk0zjpxw2uq2t6kvnp7csc5hl4y Backpressure is just really all about the fact that memory, compute, and networking are finite, but it's easy for one component of the system to run ahead of another component and overwhelm it (especially in a distributed system). When this happens, you only have two options: stop/slow-down the faster component, or throw away the items being produced that the slower component can’t handle.