Event-Driven Architecture: Real Patterns, Real Failure Modes
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Event-Driven Architecture: Real Patterns, Real Failure Modes

Master event-driven patterns and understand how they fail in production.

Joseph Kanon
SOURCE Joseph Kanon VP of Engineering
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2h 0m RUNTIME
7 SECTIONS
$129.00 USD $129.00 USD
LAST UPDATED: FEB 2026

Intelligence Outcomes

Operational capabilities acquired upon completion

Distinguish between events, commands, and queries and model each correctly in your system
Implement event sourcing from first principles with a clear understanding of when it pays off
Apply CQRS to separate read and write concerns without over-engineering
Design saga and choreography patterns for multi-service workflows
Diagnose and recover from common event-driven failure modes including poison messages and consumer lag

Mission Structure

3 sections · 7 lessons · 2h 0m total runtime

Events vs Commands vs Queries PREVIEW
Event Sourcing from First Principles
CQRS: When It Shines, When It Burns
Saga and Choreography Patterns
Exactly-Once Delivery Is a Lie
Dead Letter Queues and Poison Messages
Building Resilient Event Consumers

Prerequisites

Required clearance before accessing this briefing

Solid understanding of distributed systems fundamentals and asynchronous communication
Experience with at least one message broker such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, or AWS SNS/SQS

The Source

Intelligence architect behind this briefing

Joseph Kanon

Joseph Kanon

VP of Engineering

Performance Engineering Software Architecture High Performance Computing Engineering Management Software Development

Experienced Director with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Skilled in Xamarin, Data Analysis, JavaScript, Software Development, and C#. Strong professional.

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