Events Over Status Fields

Before we proceed

- Not married to any technology

- Everything is awesome as a POC first

- Everyone should read Shapeup: https://basecamp.com/shapeup/shape-up.pdf

{
    "tags": {
        "album": "5403b0c2f5f5680200b45d89",
        "song": "5403b0c2f5f5680200b45d91",
        "locatorname": null,
        "eventtype": "startTrackPlayback",
        "artist": "5403b0c2f5f5680200b45d87",
        "locatortype": "buttonClick",
        "user": null,
        "device": "windows-unknown",
        "browser": "chrome"
    },
    "timestamp": 1427223676.554661,
    "host": "localhost",
    "message": null,
    "time_taken": null,
    "client": "UNKNOWN",
    "exc_info": null,
    "logger": "analytic",
    "type": "realtime_api",
    "levelname": "INFO"
}

Data now

Having a file means that any tool can use it
Conformed JSON standard is http://jsonlines.org/
This serves as an interface.
My process has all it takes to be repeatable.
Not a slave to technology

Protocols

Binary Protocols: MySQL Client/Server Protocol
Binary Protocols(Cont): JNI, RMI
Binary Protocols(Cont): Basic Socket connections, Thrift, Google Protocol Buffers,
HTTP Based: Rest, Soap
Websockets
File IO