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Distributed Transactions Part 6: Event Sourcing & CQRS

The ultimate consistency model. Learn how to turn your database into a stream of immutable events.

Sachin Sarawgi·April 20, 2026·1 min read
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Part 6: Event Sourcing & CQRS

Traditional databases store the "Current State." Event Sourcing stores the "Log of Changes."

1. Why Event Sourcing?

It provides a 100% accurate audit trail. You can reconstruct the state of the system at any point in time by replaying the event log.


Next: Part 7: Case Study - Global Ledger

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Engineering Manager and backend engineer with 10+ years building distributed systems across fintech, enterprise SaaS, and startups. CodeSprintPro is where I write practical guides on system design, Java, Kafka, databases, AI infrastructure, and production reliability.

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