It's backwards. HTTP is the weaker of the two transports, though tried and true. Mongrel2 can used to proxy HTTP to ZMQ nicely. Check these slides for an overv

It's backwards. HTTP is the weaker of the two transports, though tried and true. Mongrel2 can used to proxy HTTP to ZMQ nicely. Check these slides for an overview of all the things ZMQ can do: http://j2labs.tumblr.com/post/5036176531/zeromq-super-sockets http://j2labs.tumblr.com/post/5036176531/zeromq-super-socket... Even load balancing is included, which means you run less services too.