Towards a Reliable Device Management Platform

This post details the architecture and requirements for Netflix's Device Management Platform. It describes the event-sourcing mechanism using MQTT and Kafka for device updates from RAEs to the cloud, the use of CockroachDB for scalable data storage, and the critical system requirements of back-pressure support, in-order processing, and fault tolerance. It also highlights the adherence to paved-path tooling like Spring Boot Native.