diff --git a/examples/seed/README.md b/examples/producer/README.md
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rename from examples/seed/README.md
rename to examples/producer/README.md
diff --git a/examples/producer/main.go b/examples/producer/main.go
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index 0000000..fd6989b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/producer/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"flag"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/apex/log"
+	"github.com/apex/log/handlers/text"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/session"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/kinesis"
+	prdcr "github.com/tj/go-kinesis"
+)
+
+// Note: download file with test data
+// curl https://s3.amazonaws.com/kinesis.test/users.txt -o /tmp/users.txt
+var stream = flag.String("s", "", "Stream name")
+
+func main() {
+	flag.Parse()
+	log.SetHandler(text.New(os.Stderr))
+
+	// set up producer
+	svc := kinesis.New(session.New())
+	producer := prdcr.New(prdcr.Config{
+		StreamName:  *stream,
+		BacklogSize: 500,
+		Client:      svc,
+	})
+	producer.Start()
+
+	// open data file
+	f, err := os.Open("/tmp/users.txt")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("Cannot open users.txt file")
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	// loop over file data
+	b := bufio.NewScanner(f)
+	for b.Scan() {
+		err := producer.Put(b.Bytes(), "site")
+
+		if err != nil {
+			log.WithError(err).Fatal("error producing")
+		}
+	}
+
+	producer.Stop()
+}
diff --git a/examples/seed/main.go b/examples/seed/main.go
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index 5c3a602..0000000
--- a/examples/seed/main.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"bufio"
-	"flag"
-	"fmt"
-	"log"
-	"os"
-	"sync"
-
-	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
-	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/session"
-	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/kinesis"
-)
-
-// Note: download file with test data
-// curl https://s3.amazonaws.com/kinesis.test/users.txt -o /tmp/users.txt
-var stream = flag.String("s", "", "Stream name")
-
-func putToKinesis(svc *kinesis.Kinesis, data string, partitionKey string) {
-	params := &kinesis.PutRecordInput{
-		Data:         []byte(data),
-		PartitionKey: aws.String(partitionKey),
-		StreamName:   aws.String(*stream),
-	}
-
-	_, err := svc.PutRecord(params)
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println(err.Error())
-		return
-	} else {
-		fmt.Print(".")
-	}
-}
-
-func main() {
-	flag.Parse()
-
-	jobCh := make(chan string)
-	svc := kinesis.New(session.New())
-	wg := &sync.WaitGroup{}
-
-	// boot the workers for processing data
-	for i := 0; i < 4; i++ {
-		wg.Add(1)
-		go func() {
-			for data := range jobCh {
-				putToKinesis(svc, data, string(i))
-			}
-			wg.Done()
-		}()
-	}
-
-	// open data file
-	f, err := os.Open("/tmp/users.txt")
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal("Cannot open users.txt file")
-	}
-	defer f.Close()
-
-	// put sample data on channel
-	b := bufio.NewScanner(f)
-	for b.Scan() {
-		data := b.Text()
-		jobCh <- data
-	}
-
-	fmt.Println(".")
-	log.Println("Finished populating stream")
-}