Show HN: Event-First Workflow That Eliminates Kafka and CDC

1 olavur 0 8/5/2025, 8:41:04 PM medium.com ↗

An event-first workflow that eliminates the need for Kafka and CDC by storing events as the source of truth and building read models from the event stream. Interested in feedback from the community on this approach to simplifying data architecture.

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Show HN: Event-First Workflow That Eliminates Kafka and CDC

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