On: ØMQ – The Guide (2011)

[justinsaccount]

You know how people often bill sqlite as a replacement for (postgresql|mysql|oracle) but it is really best thought as a replacement for fopen()?

zeromq is the same way. It's not a replacement for something like kafka or rabbitmq, it's a replacement for socket()

[endgame → justinsaccount]

Zed Shaw once called it "sockets that actually work how programmers think sockets work", but I can't find a link.

[bollu → justinsaccount]

I love this description of zmq and sqlite.

[carrja99 → justinsaccount]

This is a great way to put it.