Scaling CQRS in theory, practice, and reality
The architectural principle of CQRS makes great promises about the scalability of applications. Allard Buijze and Nakul Mishra elaborate on these promises and explain how to bring them into practice. Along the way, they provide insight into the challenges Casumo faced while scaling from thousands to billions of events and how they were resolved.
| Talk Title | Scaling CQRS in theory, practice, and reality |
| Speakers | Allard Buijze (AxonIQ), Nakul Mishra (Casumo) |
| Conference | O’Reilly Software Architecture Conference |
| Conf Tag | Engineering the Future of Software |
| Location | London, United Kingdom |
| Date | October 29-31, 2018 |
| URL | Talk Page |
| Slides | Talk Slides |
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Much hyped architectural pattern CQRS is getting a lot of attention, but it does actually deliver on its promises of managing complexity and scalability, when used with the right abstractions. Casumo, a Malta-based online casino, adopted the principles of CQRS based on these promises. As the company scaled to hundreds of employees and over a hundred services, these promises were put to the challenge. Allard Buijze and Nakul Mishra discuss the challenges Casumo faced while scaling its system to millions of financial transactions per day and applying event sourcing with billions of events to keep up with the ever-changing demands of the gaming industry.
