Chapter 1. Introducing event streams

This chapter covers

  • Defining events and continuous event streams
  • Exploring familiar event streams
  • Unifying event streams with a unified log
  • Introducing use cases for a unified log

Believe it or not, a continuous stream of real-world and digital events already powers the company where you work. But it’s unlikely that many of your coworkers think in those terms. Instead, they probably think about their work in terms of the following:

  • The people or things that they interact with on a daily basis—for example, customers, the Marketing team, code commits, or new product releases
  • The software and hardware that they use to get stuff done
  • Their own daily inbox of tasks to accomplish

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