No, I think multiple processes talking to each other even on a single machine is sufficiently complex to qualify as a distributed system. The same mistakes or b

No, I think multiple processes talking to each other even on a single machine is sufficiently complex to qualify as a distributed system. The same mistakes or broad distsys design decisions can happen there or with Kafka. Even if it's architecturally simpler. Specifically, take a look at linearizability. It is a measurement of consistency in the CAP theorem. It's a property quantifiable in almost any system: > A concurrent system consists of a collection of processes communicating through shared data structures or objects. Linearizability is important in these concurrent systems where objects may be accessed by multiple processes at the same time and a programmer needs to be able to reason about the expected results. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linearizability https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linearizability