What is the primary benefit of the **Synchronous Message without Reply** pattern? --- ⏱️ It **throttles the producer**: the producer blocks until the consumer receives the message, preventing the producer from overwhelming a slow consumer. --- ## What is the main advantage and disadvantage of **Asynchronous Communication**? ⚖️ - **(+) More Parallelism**: The sender doesn't wait and keeps working. - **(-) Buffer Loss**: Data can be lost if the sender is faster than the receiver.