Event Sourcing - You Are Doing It Wrong

Explore a comprehensive conference talk that delves into the intricacies of event sourcing and CQRS in microservices architecture. Learn why the common advice of "every microservice gets its own database and then use Kafka" is overly simplistic and potentially problematic. Discover the real-world challenges and pitfalls of implementing event sourcing, including security and compliance requirements often overlooked in superficial presentations. Gain valuable insights from five years of experience applying these patterns in large financial and insurance companies. Uncover the good, the bad, and the potentially disastrous aspects of event sourcing in production environments, and learn practical solutions to overcome these issues. Benefit from the expertise of David Schmitz, a principal architect at Senacor Technologies with over 16 years of experience in various projects and technology stacks, as he shares his focus on migrating architectures and organizations to cloud and serverless platforms.