CQRS Pattern Overview

Welcome! Today, we're diving into a powerful architectural pattern called CQRS. It stands for Command Query Responsibility Segregation.

At its core, CQRS suggests that you can use a different model to update information (a Command) than the model you use to read information (a Query).

In many applications, the way you read data is very different from the way you write data. Often, data models optimized for writing (e.g., normalized relational databases) aren't ideal for reading (e.g., complex joins needed).

CQRS addresses this by separating these concerns, allowing each side to be optimized independently for its specific purpose.