When Postgres Is Enough: Building a Resilient Snapshot Ingestion Pipeline Without Kafka

Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

It has been a while.

The last few months have been busy, and I have not published as much as I would have liked. Now that I have a bit more time, I wanted to come back with a topic I keep finding interesting in backend design: knowing when not to add more infrastructure.

This post is about a small but useful architectural decision: building a resilient snapshot ingestion pipeline without introducing Kafka or a message broker from day one.

Reliability on Enrique Goberna

When Postgres Is Enough: Building a Resilient Snapshot Ingestion Pipeline Without Kafka