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Jul 1, 2026 · Backend Development

How Domain Events Decouple Communication Between Bounded Contexts

The article analyzes the pitfalls of synchronous calls in a payroll microservice, defines domain events and their naming conventions, compares them with message‑queue messages, and presents two concrete implementations—Spring ApplicationEvent for intra‑process decoupling and RocketMQ with a transactional outbox for cross‑process communication—while also clarifying when event sourcing is appropriate.