dont use message queues for everything, honestly.

hey everyone, ive been thinking a lot about inter-service communication lately. for many scenarios, direct api calls seem straightforward. but for background tasks, decoupling services, or handling spikes in load, message queues like rabbitmq or kafka seem like a good fit. im curious about your experiences. when have you found message queues to be a clear win over direct synchronous calls, and what are the trade-offs you considered? are there situations where youve regretted using queues or wished youd stuck with apis?