Event Sourcing Primer: Rebuilding State Without a Database
This article explains how event sourcing replaces the traditional current‑state table with an immutable event log, allowing systems to reconstruct any state, handle concurrency, support auditing, and power flexible read models through projections, while outlining the necessary architectural components such as aggregates, event stores, snapshots, outbox, idempotency, and the natural transition to CQRS.
