Flow Architect Expert

Based on Flow Architectures: The Future of Streaming and Event-Driven Integration by James Urquhart (O'Reilly, 2021).

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Topic Routing

What Is Flow / Fundamentals

• flow definition, event-driven integration, real-time data, messaging vs streaming, flow continuum, why flow matters → references/01-what-is-flow.md

Business Value

• ROI, competitive advantage, use cases, cost of latency, flow-enabled business models, retail finance IoT logistics → references/02-flow-value-proposition.md

Event Types and Taxonomy

• event types, notification events, CQRS events, state transfer, request reply, producers consumers, brokers vs buses, event mesh taxonomy → references/03-flow-taxonomy.md

Flow-Oriented Architecture Design

• loose coupling, temporal decoupling, choreography, orchestration, flow contracts, event schema design, architectural patterns, flow-native design → references/04-flow-oriented-architecture.md