Projects sharing features with Watermill

This project is a comprehensive Java backend engineering guide and technical reference focused on high-concurrency design, distributed systems, and microservices architecture. It provides detailed strategies for decomposing monolithic applications, managing service discovery, and implementing the architectural patterns required for scalable backend environments. The repository distinguishes itself through an extensive collection of big data algorithmic references and database scaling strategies. It covers memory-efficient techniques for analyzing massive datasets, such as Top-K element extrac

This project is a Java microservices reference implementation that demonstrates the application of structural design patterns for distributed systems. It consists of a suite of containerized services and infrastructure dependencies designed to showcase how to coordinate multiple independent services into a functional system. The implementation focuses on several advanced architectural patterns, including a centralized API gateway for routing and aggregating responses, Command Query Responsibility Segregation to separate read and write operations, and event sourcing to persist the state of bus

This project is a reference implementation of Domain-Driven Design, Clean Architecture, and Command Query Responsibility Segregation (CQRS) patterns using the Go programming language. It serves as a sample application to demonstrate how to decouple core domain rules from infrastructure and delivery mechanisms. The system is built as a gRPC microservices architecture, utilizing type-safe communication and service contracts. It implements an event-driven architecture to manage eventual consistency and asynchronous processing, specifically employing the Outbox pattern to ensure reliable messagin

Quarkus is a Kubernetes-native Java framework designed for building high-performance, memory-efficient applications. It utilizes ahead-of-time native compilation to transform Java code into standalone, optimized binaries that eliminate the need for a virtual machine, enabling rapid startup and reduced memory consumption. By performing code augmentation during the build phase, it shifts heavy processing tasks away from runtime, ensuring that applications are optimized for cloud-native environments. The framework distinguishes itself through a unified approach to reactive and imperative program

Mercure is an HTTP-based message broker and real-time pub/sub server that routes asynchronous data updates to authorized subscribers. It functions as a centralized hub that receives data via standard HTTP requests and broadcasts it to web clients using the Server-Sent Events protocol. The project distinguishes itself by replacing WebSockets with a unidirectional HTTP connection, leveraging HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 for multiplexed, low-latency delivery. It implements a secure access control layer using JSON Web Tokens and JSON Web Signatures to validate the identity of publishers and subscribers, and

Nameko is a Python microservices framework designed for building distributed systems. It functions as an RPC communication framework and an event-driven architecture tool, using a message broker to decouple isolated service components. The framework provides a multi-protocol gateway that exposes internal microservice logic to external clients via HTTP endpoints and websockets. It enables the exchange of request-response messages and the broadcasting of asynchronous events to maintain data consistency across a distributed system. The system includes a command line interface for controlling an

CAP is a .NET distributed transaction framework and event bus designed to manage asynchronous communication in microservices. It implements the outbox pattern to ensure eventual consistency and reliable message delivery by persisting messages in local database tables until transactions commit. The framework includes a distributed message monitor and web dashboard for tracking the status of sent and received messages. It provides tools for event traffic visualization, distributed request tracing, and the ability to manually trigger retries for failed delivery attempts. The system supports var

This project is a collection of educational resources and step-by-step tutorials for Java backend development. It provides implementation guides for building web services and applications using the Spring Boot framework, focusing on the development of data streams and concurrent tasks. The repository includes technical walkthroughs for Kubernetes cluster automation, specifically regarding the creation of custom operators and admission controllers. It also serves as a manual for cloud native integration, covering the packaging of applications into containers and the use of distributed event me

Quantaxis is a quantitative trading framework designed for building, backtesting, and executing automated strategies across global equities, futures, and cryptocurrencies. It integrates an event-driven backtesting engine, a multi-market execution gateway for order routing, and a quantitative data pipeline for ingesting and storing multi-asset market data. The system features a Rust-accelerated financial library that utilizes Apache Arrow for high-performance technical indicator calculation and zero-copy data processing. It provides a containerized infrastructure model designed for orchestrati

RxPY is a functional reactive programming library and a ReactiveX observable library for Python. It serves as an asynchronous stream processor and event-driven coordination framework used to build data pipelines that react to changes in state or streams of events over time. The library provides a toolkit for composing asynchronous and event-based programs using observable sequences and operators. It distinguishes itself through the use of configurable schedulers to manage concurrency, timing, and subscription lifecycles. The project covers a wide range of stream processing capabilities, incl

phpredis is a C-based native extension that bridges PHP applications with Redis servers for high-performance data storage and retrieval. It serves as an interface for manipulating strings, hashes, lists, sets, and sorted sets while providing a direct path for executing Redis commands and server-side scripts. The extension provides comprehensive support for distributed environments and high availability. It interfaces with Redis Cluster to distribute data across multiple nodes using hash slots and manages Redis Sentinel for service discovery and automatic failover. It also enables shared state

deepstream.io is an open-source realtime server that synchronizes JSON records, events, and remote procedure calls across clients and backend services. It functions as a realtime data sync server, event pub/sub server, record database server, and RPC server, all within a single platform. The server authenticates and authorizes every message using multiple strategies including JWT, HTTP, and file-based credentials, with a declarative permission language controlling access to records, events, and RPCs at a granular level. The platform distinguishes itself through its combination of realtime dat

Spring Cloud Alibaba is a suite of libraries designed to connect distributed Java applications to Alibaba cloud middleware and infrastructure services. It provides a comprehensive set of tools for messaging, configuration, task scheduling, transaction coordination, and service discovery. The project implements distributed infrastructure capabilities including a transaction coordinator for maintaining data consistency across multiple services and a configuration manager for storing external settings in a centralized cloud repository with automatic updates. It includes a distributed job schedul

MediatR is a .NET library for implementing the mediator pattern, serving as an in-process message broker that decouples senders and receivers by routing messages through a central dispatcher. It enables the transmission of requests and notifications between different components within a single application process. The framework provides a pipeline behavior system that allows for the interception and processing of messages through a sequence of custom behaviors. This architecture is used to implement cross-cutting concerns, such as logging or validation, across multiple handlers. The library

RocketMQ is a distributed messaging and streaming platform designed for building event-driven applications. It serves as middleware to decouple services using publish-subscribe and request-reply patterns, and functions as a transactional messaging system that ensures atomicity by linking message delivery to local transaction outcomes. The platform includes specialized capabilities as a Kubernetes-native message broker for container orchestration environments and an MQTT broker for ingesting event data from mobile applications and hardware terminals. The system covers high-throughput data str

libzmq is a C++ based asynchronous messaging engine and networking core designed for routing non-blocking messages between distributed nodes. It functions as a distributed message queue that implements the ZMTP wire-format framing protocol to standardize how data moves across different network transport layers. The library provides a multi-transport abstraction that allows a single interface to route data across TCP, IPC, and in-process memory. It incorporates a cryptographic layer to encrypt and authenticate transmissions between nodes and employs topology-based messaging patterns, such as p

FastStream is an asynchronous Python framework designed for building event-driven microservices. It provides a unified abstraction layer for interacting with various message brokers, enabling developers to manage event production and consumption through a consistent interface while maintaining access to native provider-specific features. The framework centers on a decorator-based routing model that binds application logic directly to broker topics, supported by a built-in dependency injection container that resolves resources at runtime. The framework distinguishes itself through its deep int

light-4j is a Java microservices framework designed for building scalable distributed systems. It provides a toolkit for developing cloud-native services with integrated support for service discovery, telemetry, and secure inter-service communication. The project includes a runtime OpenAPI request validator to ensure communication consistency by checking data against formal specifications. It also features an OAuth2 API security gateway for verifying identity tokens and managing credentials, alongside an event-sourcing messaging system for building command query responsibility segregation arc

Redis is a high-performance in-memory key-value store that functions as a distributed cache, message broker, and NoSQL database. It provides sub-millisecond read and write access to data stored in RAM and can operate as a vector database for indexing high-dimensional embeddings. The system supports a wide range of data storage and synchronization primitives, including the management of strings, hashes, lists, sets, and JSON documents. It enables real-time data operations through atomic transactions, hybrid persistence using snapshots and append-only logs, and high-availability configurations

Akka.NET is an actor model framework used for building concurrent and distributed applications. It functions as a distributed computing platform and state manager that enables isolated actors to communicate via asynchronous message passing, ensuring thread-safe state management without manual locks. The project is distinguished by its decentralized coordination capabilities, including a distributed state manager that uses sharding and dynamic rebalancing to maintain high availability. It incorporates an event sourcing engine that persists state as a sequence of events in an append-only log an

This project is a Python implementation of the Socket.IO bidirectional event protocol. It serves as a realtime communication framework designed for low-latency, event-driven data exchange between a server and multiple connected clients. The framework functions as a distributed message queue integrator, allowing communication to be synchronized across multiple server instances. It manages user sessions and client connections across distributed environments using a shared message queue for synchronization. The system provides capabilities for bidirectional event exchange, real-time state synch

Riemann is a Clojure-based event stream processor and real-time analytics engine. It functions as a network telemetry pipeline and extensible event router that ingests, transforms, and routes event data from distributed systems. The system uses a domain-specific language to compute metrics and statistical patterns over continuous streams, enabling network trend analysis and real-time alerting. It supports dynamic plugin loading from the classpath and allows for live configuration reloading without interrupting active event streams. Capabilities include centralized telemetry aggregation, even

ServiceStack is a high-performance .NET web framework designed for building type-safe APIs using strongly-typed request and response objects. It functions as a message-based API engine that decouples business logic from the transport layer, allowing services to be exposed via multiple protocols including HTTP, gRPC, and various message queue providers. The framework is distinguished by its type-safe API generator, which produces native client SDKs and data transfer objects from service metadata across multiple languages. It also includes a distributed service gateway for microservices orchest

Highly scalable realtime pub/sub and RPC framework

pyzmq provides Python language bindings for ZeroMQ, serving as an asynchronous messaging library for distributed data transport and inter-process communication. It enables the implementation of non-blocking communication patterns between distributed components and local processes. The toolkit focuses on high-performance data exchange through features such as zero-copy buffer access, which reads incoming messages directly into pre-allocated memory to avoid data duplication. It also supports the management of multipart messages and the use of state-shadowing object wrappers to track socket life

SpringCloud-Learning is an educational project that demonstrates how to build microservices using Spring Cloud, covering the core patterns of service discovery, centralized configuration management, and API gateway routing. The project provides hands-on examples for registering and discovering microservice instances with Nacos, Eureka, or Consul, and for routing external API requests through Spring Cloud Gateway with support for filters and load balancing. The tutorials explore service resilience through circuit breakers and rate limiting with Sentinel and Hystrix, including custom fallback l

This project is a framework for implementing event sourcing and command query responsibility segregation within containerized microservices. It provides a structured approach to managing business state as a sequence of immutable events, ensuring a reliable audit trail and the ability to reconstruct system state at any point in time. The framework distinguishes itself by enforcing a clear separation between data modification and data retrieval paths. By utilizing event-driven data synchronization, it allows for the asynchronous updating of materialized views and read models, ensuring that quer