Explore the fundamentals of event sourcing and event storage using Apache Kafka® in this comprehensive 30-minute course. Delve into the advantages of storing data as immutable events rather than traditional relational databases, gaining insights into system granularity and recovery capabilities. Learn about event stores, event sourcing, and event streaming with Apache Kafka®, as well as related technologies such as Command Query Responsibility Segregation (CQRS) and change data capture (CDC). Discover the benefits of thinking in events, understand why storing events is crucial, and get hands-on experience with event sourcing using Confluent Cloud. Compare event sourcing to event streaming and explore the path to data in motion while understanding how to incorporate event storage into your system architecture.