Since reading through the source of the Kafka server (and several client implementations), I've been intrigued by the idea of reimplementation using cooperative

Since reading through the source of the Kafka server (and several client implementations), I've been intrigued by the idea of reimplementation using cooperative multitasking. Kafka clients tend to be very resource intensive. It would be interesting to support a smaller/scalable footprint and a lower latency mode of operation.