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Event Sourcing

Greg Young answers your Event Sourcing questions!

I asked you for your questions about Event Sourcing and CQRS. I took some of those questions to Greg Young for answers about frameworks, Legacy Systems, Use Cases, Projections, Eventual Consistency, and Versioning. YouTube Check out my YouTube channel, where I post all kinds of content accompanying my posts, including this video showing everything in this post. Makes sure to watch the video for all of Greg’s answers. I will put some thoughts together about each of the questions that people on YouTube, Patreon, and Discord asked. Frameworks Greg has mentioned that he doesn’t think that CQRS requires a framework. I agree… Read More »Greg Young answers your Event Sourcing questions!

Domain Events in Event Sourcing? Not Exactly!

What are domain events for? Domain Driven Design and Event Driven Architecture are nothing new, but they continue to become more popular. Unfortunately, some concepts and terms get a bit murky as they do. Specifically, the term domain events have caused a bit of confusion. I will clarify a misconception about the role and purpose of domain events and how that relates to Event Sourcing. Or does it? YouTube Check out my YouTube channel, where I post all kinds of content accompanying my posts, including this video showing everything in this post. Event Sourcing As a primer on Event Sourcing, it’s a… Read More »Domain Events in Event Sourcing? Not Exactly!

Event Sourcing Tips: Do’s and Don’ts

When people are getting into Event Sourcing, there are a few common questions that I often get or issues see people run into. CRUD Sourcing, Pre-mature optimization using Snapshots, and exposing your event streams for integration. Here are my top three Event Sourcing Tips to help you down the right path. YouTube Check out my YouTube channel where I post all kinds of content that accompanies my posts including this video showing everything in this post. CRUD Sourcing My first event sourcing tip, which is probably the most common issue I see people run into when new to Event Sourcing is what… Read More »Event Sourcing Tips: Do’s and Don’ts