event-shuttle

Thought Id post this here, as Ive seen questions here around "What do I do
if kafka is down?"

here is one possibility.

https://github.com/sclasen/event-shuttle

this is a go service meant to run as a unix daemon, and apps running on the
same box can just post messages over http to a service on localhost. The
service journals messages through boltdb and delivers them to kafka when
its available.

It also works around the problem of producing to kafka from languages that
have *ahem* less robust client implementations, as hopefully any lang can
post over http.

Most appropriate for emmitters of higher-value, lower-volume events.

Thoughts?
SC