by Domenic Cassisi | Jan 24, 2026 | Certifications
In October 2024, I passed the Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) exam with flying colors! It was one of the most enjoyable exam experiences in my life so far. In this blog post, I attempt to describe why this is and how I prepared, hoping it will be...
by Domenic Cassisi | Aug 17, 2025 | Event Modeling, Event Sourcing
Event sourcing and event modeling are two concepts that are gaining more and more attention in the software engineering community. They are related, but not the same. In fact, they complement each other beautifully. While one focuses on how we store and process...
by Domenic Cassisi | Aug 17, 2025 | Event Sourcing
I launched my new Udemy course: Event Sourcing & Event Modeling: Getting Started Go to the Course Why did I create this course? I first discovered event sourcing during my master’s studies in computer science. From the very beginning, it fascinated me — so much so...
by Domenic Cassisi | Jul 15, 2025 | Event Sourcing, Software Architecture
This blog post is the first in a series I plan to write about software architecture, event sourcing, and related topics. The idea is to focus on fundamental concepts and core principles, while staying as tech-agnostic as possible. It’s easy to get lost in technical...
by Domenic Cassisi | Apr 4, 2024 | Software Architecture
As an aspiring software and solutions architect, I decided to get certified in the field of software architecture. However, I quickly noticed that there are not many certifications out there. Compared to other IT skills, such as cloud or programming languages, the...
by Domenic Cassisi | May 6, 2023 | Event Sourcing
Kafka is a powerful streaming and messaging platform that is often used to build large-scale systems. There are many use cases for which Kafka is very well suited, but from time to time Kafka gets confused with concepts that it was originally not designed for. One of...
by Domenic Cassisi | Oct 13, 2022 | Event Sourcing
Functional programming is a popular programming paradigm that lives side-by-side with object-oriented programming. Functions and immutable data structures are core concepts that play an important role in this blog post. In my previous post, I described how we can...
by Domenic Cassisi | Sep 25, 2022 | Domain-Driven Design, Event Sourcing, Software Architecture
Domain-Driven Design (DDD) is a software development approach first described by Eric Evans. In my previous post, I described that the idea of Event Sourcing, CQRS, and DDD complement each other very well. Feel free to check out my previous post for more information....
by Domenic Cassisi | Sep 18, 2022 | Domain-Driven Design, Event Sourcing
From the beginning of March to the end of August 2022, I wrote my master’s thesis in the field of software architecture. The complete title of my thesis is as follows: Event Sourcing, CQRS, and Domain-Driven Design, and Their Application to Event-Driven...
