Building and Designing Events and Event Streams with Apache Kafka

Explore the intricacies of event-driven architecture in this 53-minute podcast featuring Adam Bellemare, staff technologist at Confluent. Delve into the four dimensions of events and event stream design, learning best practices for developing robust, scalable systems. Discover key factors in deciding which events to write and publish, and how to structure them effectively. Gain insights on connecting existing systems, reducing complexity, and enabling dynamic behavior through proper event design. Learn about the new course "Introduction to Designing Events and Event Streams," which offers hands-on exercises and real-world applications. Understand how event and event stream design impacts current functionality and future scalability. Access additional resources, including tutorials, guides, and a live demo on event-driven microservices with Confluent.

- Intro
- Overview of new training course
- Internal vs. external events
- Fact vs. delta
- Denormalization vs. normalization
- Single event type vs. multiple event types per topic
- Use-case: same event type on multiple different topics
- Discreet vs. continuous
- It's a wrap!