Asynchronous Messaging: Definitions

Words like “event,” “message,” and “notification” can become ambiguous as our architecture grows

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Asynchronous messaging has become ubiquitous in software systems. “Publish an event” or “send a message” are commonly heard terms in all design discussions. However, less clear is the difference between words like event, message, notification…