INTERMEDIATE Events & Streams 2 Lessons
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Async: When You Can't Be Synchronous

When does a synchronous request-response break down? Why do distributed transactions cause more problems than they solve? What does it actually mean when a message queue "guarantees delivery"? This track unpacks the async world: queues, event logs, CDC, and the profound difference between "at least once" and "exactly once" delivery.

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For engineers whose systems have outgrown simple architectures. Deep dives into failure modes, async communication, and the mathematics of scaling — with the goal of building systems that degrade gracefully instead of collapsing suddenly.