I have similar worries with kafka, that’s why I’ve been working on and off in my own log based message queue for while now [0]. So far is nothing but a humble beginning to something targeting very simple use cases, but AFAIK there aren&#x27;t any lightweight solutions in this space.<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;ninibe&#x2F;netlog" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;ninibe&#x2F;netlog</a>