The NATS Stack - Libraries Extensions and the Execution Engine - Tomasz Pietrek & Jordan Rash
Tomasz Pietrek, Jordan Rash
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025 · Session
This talk, presented by Tomasz Pietrek and Jordan Rash, delves into the evolution and capabilities of the **NATS** messaging system, particularly highlighting its recent 2.11 release and the innovative **NATS Execution Engine (Nex)**. NATS is a high-performance, open-source, distributed messaging system designed for modern cloud-native, edge, and IoT applications. The speakers articulate how NATS aims to simplify the inherent complexity of distributed systems by providing a single, unified technology for communication, persistence, and security across diverse environments.
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This talk effectively showcases the evolution and capabilities of the NATS messaging system, particularly highlighting the significant advancements in the 2.11 release and the innovative NATS Execution Engine (Nex). It expertly navigates the complexities of distributed systems, presenting NATS as a unified, high-performance solution for communication, persistence, and security. The live demo of configuration-based multi-tenancy and the discussion of features like distributed tracing and per-message TTLs provide concrete, actionable insights for architects and security professionals…