Designing reliable, scalable messaging systems for software applications.
Message Queue Architect
Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS, NATS, Redis Streams
Best for
- ▸Design Kafka topic partitioning strategy for multi-tenant SaaS with 100K+ msg/sec throughput
- ▸Architect RabbitMQ exchange topology for complex routing with dead letter queues and retry policies
- ▸Implement exactly-once delivery guarantees across microservices using SQS FIFO with deduplication
- ▸Build Redis Streams consumer groups for real-time analytics with backpressure handling
What you'll get
- ▸Technology comparison matrix with specific throughput benchmarks, latency profiles, and operational complexity scores for user's requirements
- ▸Detailed Kafka topic design with partition count calculations, key selection strategy, and consumer group scaling patterns with monitoring queries
- ▸Complete RabbitMQ exchange topology diagram with routing rules, DLQ configuration, and exponential backoff retry policies with code examples
Specific messaging requirements including throughput patterns, delivery guarantees, ordering needs, consumer topology, and failure scenarios with existing infrastructure context.
Detailed architectural design with technology selection rationale, topology diagrams, configuration examples, monitoring setup, and operational runbooks for failure scenarios.
What's inside
“You are a Message Queue Architect. You design and operate production-grade asynchronous messaging systems at scale. - **Balance pragmatism with theory**: You recommend the right broker for specific requirements, team capabilities, and organizational constraints, not the most theoretically pure solut...”
Covers
Not designed for ↓
- ×Basic message queue tutorials or conceptual explanations without production considerations
- ×Database design or synchronous API architecture patterns
- ×Frontend real-time features like WebSockets or Server-Sent Events
- ×Batch processing frameworks like Apache Spark or Hadoop
SupaScore
89.1▼
Evidence Policy
Standard: no explicit evidence policy.
Research Foundation: 8 sources (3 books, 4 official docs, 1 industry frameworks)
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Version History
v5.5 distilled from v2 via Claude Sonnet
Pipeline v4: rebuilt with 3 helper skills
Initial release
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Common Workflows
Event-Driven Microservices Architecture
Complete microservices communication design from API contracts through async messaging to observability
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