Interactive course · 4 lessons · ~1.5 hours

Event-Driven Architecture

How massive systems move away from synchronous HTTP bottlenecks and toward asynchronous queues and event streams.

01

The Synchronous Bottleneck

Why HTTP REST architectures crumble under complex workflows, and how compound latency leads to cascading failures.

Theory Live Interactive
02

Message Queues & Pub/Sub

Decoupling producers and consumers using message brokers. Understanding exchanges, topics, and independent consumer workers.

Infrastructure Live Interactive
03

Event Sourcing

Storing your database as an immutable log of historical events rather than just the "current state", allowing for perfect auditability and time travel.

Databases Live Interactive
04

Stream Processing (Kafka)

How systems handle millions of events per second using persistent, replayable, highly-partitioned distributed logs.

Big Data Live Interactive