Track · 2:09 · Liner note
Real-Time Reverie
Real-time data processing delivers events to analytics within seconds of happening, in contrast to batch jobs that deliver them hours later.
There is a particular hypnosis in watching numbers arrive as they happen: a launch, a campaign, an incident unfolding one event at a time. Real-Time Reverie is that state, before the questions of cost and correctness interrupt.
The interruption is worth having. Streaming adds late data, out-of-order events and delivery guarantees that a nightly batch never had to consider. Enjoy the live view, then decide which questions really need seconds and which are perfectly well served by tomorrow.