[rar_ram]

Err, I get that! but I am still wondering on where would I use this ? If I dont need transactional layer or buffering, I could use event listener and dispatcher pattern. Anything more than that, a message queue like ZMQ works. Where does this fit in ?

[tylerflint]

Oh I see. Sorry for the confusion. The initial need was for a rails app to send data model updates to dashboard clients. Later, as our infrastructure became more micro-service-oriented, mist has been used as a place for the dashboard javascript client to subscribe to a centralized event queue. Each micro-service will publish messages to the mist cluster, and the dashboard can respond accordingly.