How We Fixed Repeated Kafka Message Backlog in a High‑Traffic Restaurant System
This article details a series of Kafka message backlog incidents in a busy restaurant ordering system, analyzes root causes such as consumer speed, database indexing, and sudden traffic spikes, and presents step‑by‑step optimizations—including batch queries, index tuning, data archiving, and thread‑pool adjustments—to restore real‑time performance.
