Most integration pain is self-inflicted

Most integration pain is self-inflicted.

Point-to-point links. Synchronous calls. Tight coupling disguised as “quick wins.”

Event-Driven Architecture avoids the trap. Not by adding tools, but by removing dependency chains.

In an event model, systems publish facts. Other systems respond without delay. There are no orchestration gridlocks or cascading failures when a service is slow.

You eliminate 80% of the usual headaches because: • producers don’t need to understand consumers • consumers don’t break producers • change occurs at the edges instead of the center • integration shifts from negotiation to a contract

Most organizations believe they need more APIs, but they actually require fewer coordination paths.

EDA is not about speed. It’s about structural decoupling. Speed is the side-effect.