Title: Everything you didn't know about EDA with James Eastham
Publication: Ready, Set, Cloud!
Author: Allen Helton
Published: March 29, 2024
URL: https://www.readysetcloud.io/podcast/season-2/5/

Learn about the world of event-driven architectures in an easily approachable way with James Eastham and Allen Helton.


#### Episode Summary

Event-driven architectures (EDA) is an intimidating subject for many, but don't confuse complexity with unfamiliarity. While EDA might seem like complexity for the sake of complexity, it's a necessary architectural pattern as the world goes more and more distributed. Join James Eastham and Allen Helton as they discuss all things EDA, ranging from what to put in your events to how EDA compares to request/response architectures to observability. Whether you're looking to get into events for the first time or have been practicing for years, the episode is for you.

#### About James

James is a Senior Cloud Architect at Amazon Web Services and content creator. He has over 10 years of experience in software at all layers of the application stack. He has worked in front-line support, database administration, back-end development and now works with some of the biggest companies in the world architecting systems using AWS technologies.

James also produces content on YouTube, focused on building applications with serverless technologies and event-driven architecture.

#### Links

* James on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/plantpowerjames) and [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-eastham/)
* James on [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@serverlessjames)
* [Believe in Serverless Community](https://believeinserverless.com)