Light implementation of Event Sourcing using PostgreSQL as event store
Hi everyone, If you have a Java Spring Boot application with a PostgreSQL database, you can implement Event Sourcing without introducing new specialized databases or frameworks. If you have an application dealing with an entity called Order, you should adopt Event Sourcing to keep track of all changes, and know how the Order got into the current state. Event Sourcing gives you: 1. the true history of the system (audit and traceability), 2. the ability to put the system in any prior state (debugging), 3. the ability to create read projections from events as needed to respond to new demands.…
Light implementation of Event Sourcing using PostgreSQL as event store launched on October 31, 2023 with 231 votes, #161 of 4,393 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.
In plain words
This is a Java Spring Boot library that implements Event Sourcing using PostgreSQL as the event store, eliminating the need for specialized databases or frameworks. It enables developers to track all changes to entities, maintaining a complete audit trail and the ability to reconstruct prior system states. The tool allows creation of read projections from events to meet new requirements. It is designed for teams already using PostgreSQL who want to adopt Event Sourcing patterns without introducing additional dependencies.
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From the sources
A reference implementation of an event-sourced system that uses PostgreSQL as an event store built with Spring Boot. Fork the repository and use it as a template for your projects. Or clone the repository and run end-to-end tests to see how everything works together. - eugene-khyst/postgresql-event-sourcing
In the maker’s words, at launch
Hi everyone, If you have a Java Spring Boot application with a PostgreSQL database, you can implement Event Sourcing without introducing new specialized databases or frameworks. If you have an application dealing with an entity called Order, you should adopt Event Sourcing to keep track of all changes, and know how…
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