Composable Architecture & Event Sourced Applications without Grey Hair

Summer break is almost over, time to get back into action! We'll be starting the new season with some architecture related talks by Java Champion Edwin Derks and BeScala lead Renato Cavalcanti.

This time you can find us in Leuven at AE. Many thanks to AE for hosting us! Check them out at: https://www.ae.be/

Schedule

• 18:00: Doors + Food and Drinks

• 19:00: Session 1

• 20:00: Session 2

• 2x:00: Mingling

Edwin's Topic: How Composable Architectures can actually solve the reasons for Microservices

Many companies today want a faster time-to-market, more flexibility, and scalability for their digital services. Investments are often made in IT for this, such as a “migration to the cloud” and developing “microservices”. However, the result is often that such a transition and development becomes more complex and more expensive, instead of being able to take advantage of the anticipated benefits.

So what causes this? Which aspect is missing from the application of cloud infrastructure and microservices? What can you do to make them beneficial? This is where Composable Architecture comes in! In this session, I will:

• Elaborate on Composable Architecture and how we got there

• Define the value of applying composable architectures using the Composable Enterprise as a framework

• Share how I applied Composable Architectures in projects, and what I learned from it

About Edwin

Edwin Derks is Principal Consultant with Team Rockstars IT and loves to solve complex strategic IT problems. He is passionate about collecting and sharing knowledge about improving IT in organizations, and is adept with cloud-driven software development in general. He often organizes meetings, writes articles, blogs and speaks at conferences.

Renato's Topic: Event Sourced Applications without Grey Hair

Event sourcing has gained significant attention in the world of software development as a powerful architectural pattern for building robust and scalable applications. However, embracing event sourcing comes with its own set of challenges and pitfalls that can lead to hair-raising moments for developers.

In this talk, we delve into the fascinating realm of event sourcing and explore the main patterns and anti-patterns that can make or break your event-sourced application. We'll embark on a journey through the landscape of event-driven architectures, uncovering the secrets to designing and implementing event sourcing in a way that will keep your hair intact.

About Renato

Renato is a software developer at Lightbend, working in the Kalix and Akka Teams. Scala aficionado since 2009, has been hacking in Scala and related technologies for fun and profit. He is interested in Event Sourcing/CQRS, DDD and Microservices Architectures. He's the founder of BeScala (Belgian Scala User Group).

Additional note: This meetup includes food. We, therefore, ask you to please keep your RSVP status up to date, so we do not waste any of our food.