I'm always very curious about the backstory of projects like this. Without that backstory there is very little chance I'd try out something like this. Ideally

I'm always very curious about the backstory of projects like this. Without that backstory there is very little chance I'd try out something like this. Ideally the read me would explain why Kafka didn't cut it, why the trade offs the authors made were worth it (in this case), and why I did consider using a this system. Sadly I don't have enough time to read an entire repo of code to try and figure these things out.