diff --git a/src/Connection.php b/src/Connection.php
index 28a5f52..69edcb6 100644
--- a/src/Connection.php
+++ b/src/Connection.php
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ use Socket\Raw\Exception;
 use Socket\Raw\Factory;
 use Socket\Raw\Socket;
 use function addcslashes;
+use function implode;
 use function json_encode;
 use function pack;
 use const JSON_FORCE_OBJECT;
@@ -84,12 +85,11 @@ abstract class Connection
             }
             // @codeCoverageIgnoreEnd
 
-            $this->send('  V2');
+            $this->socket->write('  V2');
 
             $body = json_encode($this->features, JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR | JSON_FORCE_OBJECT);
-            $size = pack('N', \strlen($body));
 
-            $this->send('IDENTIFY '.PHP_EOL.$size.$body)->response()->okOrFail();
+            $this->command('IDENTIFY', data: $body)->response()->okOrFail();
         });
     }
 
@@ -130,10 +130,21 @@ abstract class Connection
         return 'AUTH'.PHP_EOL.$size.$secret;
     }
 
-    protected function send(string $buffer): self
+    /**
+     * @param array<int, int|string>|string $params
+     */
+    protected function command(string $command, array | string $params = [], string $data = null): self
     {
         $socket = $this->socket();
 
+        $buffer = [] === $params ? $command : implode(' ', [$command, ...((array) $params)]);
+        $buffer .= PHP_EOL;
+
+        if (null !== $data) {
+            $buffer .= pack('N', \strlen($data));
+            $buffer .= $data;
+        }
+
         $this->logger->debug('Send buffer: '.addcslashes($buffer, PHP_EOL));
 
         try {
@@ -148,7 +159,6 @@ abstract class Connection
             throw ConnectionFail::fromThrowable($e);
         }
         // @codeCoverageIgnoreEnd
-
         return $this;
     }
 
@@ -196,7 +206,7 @@ abstract class Connection
             $response = new Response($buffer);
 
             if ($response->isHeartBeat()) {
-                $this->send('NOP'.PHP_EOL);
+                $this->command('NOP');
 
                 return $this->receive(
                     ($currentTime = microtime(true)) > $deadline ? 0 : $deadline - $currentTime
diff --git a/src/Consumer.php b/src/Consumer.php
index 8488045..6859ede 100644
--- a/src/Consumer.php
+++ b/src/Consumer.php
@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@ final class Consumer extends Connection
      */
     public function sub(string $topic, string $channel): void
     {
-        $buffer = sprintf('SUB %s %s', $topic, $channel).PHP_EOL;
-
-        $this->send($buffer)->response()->okOrFail();
+        $this->command('SUB', [$topic, $channel])->response()->okOrFail();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -27,7 +25,7 @@ final class Consumer extends Connection
             return;
         }
 
-        $this->send('RDY '.$count.PHP_EOL);
+        $this->command('RDY', (string) $count);
 
         $this->rdy = $count;
     }
@@ -42,7 +40,7 @@ final class Consumer extends Connection
      */
     public function fin(string $id): void
     {
-        $this->send('FIN '.$id.PHP_EOL);
+        $this->command('FIN', $id);
 
         --$this->rdy;
     }
@@ -55,7 +53,7 @@ final class Consumer extends Connection
      */
     public function req(string $id, int $timeout): void
     {
-        $this->send(sprintf('REQ %s %s', $id, $timeout).PHP_EOL);
+        $this->command('REQ', [$id, $timeout]);
 
         --$this->rdy;
     }
@@ -65,6 +63,6 @@ final class Consumer extends Connection
      */
     public function touch(string $id): void
     {
-        $this->send('TOUCH '.$id.PHP_EOL);
+        $this->command('TOUCH', $id);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Producer.php b/src/Producer.php
index fd74bb5..f20bcbd 100644
--- a/src/Producer.php
+++ b/src/Producer.php
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ namespace Nsq;
 use function array_map;
 use function implode;
 use function pack;
-use function sprintf;
-use const PHP_EOL;
 
 final class Producer extends Connection
 {
@@ -17,11 +15,7 @@ final class Producer extends Connection
      */
     public function pub(string $topic, string $body): void
     {
-        $size = pack('N', \strlen($body));
-
-        $buffer = 'PUB '.$topic.PHP_EOL.$size.$body;
-
-        $this->send($buffer)->response()->okOrFail();
+        $this->command('PUB', $topic, $body)->response()->okOrFail();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -37,11 +31,7 @@ final class Producer extends Connection
             return pack('N', \strlen($body)).$body;
         }, $bodies));
 
-        $size = pack('N', \strlen($num.$mb));
-
-        $buffer = 'MPUB '.$topic.PHP_EOL.$size.$num.$mb;
-
-        $this->send($buffer)->response()->okOrFail();
+        $this->command('MPUB', $topic, $num.$mb)->response()->okOrFail();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -49,10 +39,6 @@ final class Producer extends Connection
      */
     public function dpub(string $topic, int $deferTime, string $body): void
     {
-        $size = pack('N', \strlen($body));
-
-        $buffer = sprintf('DPUB %s %s', $topic, $deferTime).PHP_EOL.$size.$body;
-
-        $this->send($buffer)->response()->okOrFail();
+        $this->command('DPUB', [$topic, $deferTime], $body)->response()->okOrFail();
     }
 }