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How to get started with CQRS & Event Sourcing

When I first heard about CQRS & Event Sourcing concepts through various blogs and videos, primarily from Greg Young and Udi Dahan, I wanted to apply it everywhere. It seems really natural to want to take the limited knowledge we have about a new concept or technology and try and apply it to any problem. Most of us know this is a terrible idea, but we are so tempted to push the concepts on a problem that it just doesn’t fit. I realize I’m grouping CQRS and Event Sourcing together in this post.  Generally, if you are applying Event Sourcing then… Read More »How to get started with CQRS & Event Sourcing

Bounded Context and Subdomains

In a previous blog, I discussed how I recently discovered through eventual consistency that I had poor business alignment.  With more thoughts and insights, I wanted to extend that post by discussion bounded contexts and how they fit within subdomains. 1 to 1? I’ve often thought of a bounded context as being a one-to-one relationship with a subdomain.   To take that further, you may get the impression that they are indeed the same thing.  When I was first introduced to the concept many years ago, I was under the impression that they mapped directly one to one. I’m not entirely… Read More »Bounded Context and Subdomains

Eventual Consistency and Business Alignment

I recently discovered through eventual consistency that my bounded contexts were not properly aligned with the business.   I won’t lie, it took me quite a while to make this realization. This was most likely the case in many situations I’ve had in the past.  Because of this realization, I wanted to let out some of my thoughts about eventual consistency and business alignment. Dependent Bounded Context I’ve often encounter situations where a bounded context requires information that another bounded context is responsible for.  I’d like to use a simple example I’ve heard from Udi Dahan.  In the context of an Ecommerce site. A… Read More »Eventual Consistency and Business Alignment