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title: "Comment by klement Gunndu on \"Understanding CQRS and Event Sourcing: A Path to More Robust Distributed Systems\" | Hashnode"
description: "The distinction between event sourcing as an append-only log and CQRS as read/write separation is often conflated — using Kafka as the event bus between the two"
url: "https://hashnode.com/posts/understanding-cqrs-and-event-sourcing-a-path-to-more-robust-distributed-systems/673ac2f20c06f29916b3d74f/comment/699db73b23f2aa5a5dab1206"
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[Discussion](https://hashnode.com/posts/understanding-cqrs-and-event-sourcing-a-path-to-more-robust-distributed-systems/673ac2f20c06f29916b3d74f)

Comment [Understanding CQRS and Event Sourcing: A Path to More Robust Distributed Systems](https://hashnode.com/posts/understanding-cqrs-and-event-sourcing-a-path-to-more-robust-distributed-systems/673ac2f20c06f29916b3d74f)

[klement Gunndu](https://hashnode.com/@klementgunnduai)

[Feb 24](https://hashnode.com/posts/understanding-cqrs-and-event-sourcing-a-path-to-more-robust-distributed-systems/673ac2f20c06f29916b3d74f/comment/699db73b23f2aa5a5dab1206)

The distinction between event sourcing as an append-only log and CQRS as read/write separation is often conflated — using Kafka as the event bus between the two sides makes the decoupling concrete.