> We have a custom metadata database running in our cloud control plane which handles ordering. This is the secret sauce, right there. Anybody can host a bunch

> We have a custom metadata database running in our cloud control plane which handles ordering. This is the secret sauce, right there. Anybody can host a bunch of topics and artefacts on S3, and have them locally-replicated if they want. However, there is no world where you can have that without a synchronisation service that ensure cursors are uniques and properly ordered.