Smart Buffering for Priority-Based Delivery

Deliver critical messages first, regardless of queue depth.

The Problem

Standard FIFO buffering treats all messages equally:

• Important alerts wait behind thousands of debug logs
• Payment failures queued after bulk analytics
• After reconnection, all backlogged messages compete equally
• New critical events can't preempt already-queued batches

The Solution

Learn 4 smart buffering techniques:

1. Priority Classification - Categorize messages as important, regular, or archive
2. Priority Scoring - Assign numeric scores for fine-grained ordering
3. Priority Output Routing - Route tiers to separate outputs with different batching (important: no batching, archive: heavy batching)
4. Starvation Prevention - Age-based boost ensures all messages eventually send

Get Started

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Interactive Explorer

See each buffering technique with side-by-side before/after views

Step-by-Step Tutorial

Build the pipeline incrementally:

1. Classify Priority
2. Priority Scoring
3. Priority Output
4. Prevent Starvation

Complete Pipeline

Download the production-ready solution