Article: Migrating Netflix's Viewing History from Synchronous Request-Response to Async Events

In a web-based service, a slowdown in request processing can eventually make your service unavailable. Chances are, not all requests need to be processed right away. Some of them just need an acknowledgement of receipt. Have you ever asked yourself: “Would I benefit from asynchronous processing of requests? If so, how would I make such a change in a live, large-scale mission critical system?”

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