"STREAMING VS. BATCH" IS A WRONG DICHOTOMY, AND I THINK IT'S CONFUSING

Summary from the TLDR Web Dev newsletter

The "Stream vs. Batch" dichotomy is misleading, as streaming systems often use batching for performance optimization. The real distinction is in "Pull vs. Push" semantics, where streaming systems proactively receive data updates, unlike batch systems that periodically query for new records.