# Thin Events: The lean muscle of event-driven architecture

DevFeed: [Thin Events: The lean muscle of event-driven architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/thin-events-the-lean-muscle-of-event-driven-architecture-57062.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.thoughtworks.com/insights/blog/architecture/thin-events-the-lean-muscle-of-event-driven-architecture>)

Author: Rahul Garg

Published: 2024-05-02T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Thoughtworks Insights](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/thoughtworks-insights.md>)

Topics: [Publish-subscribe pattern](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pubsub.md>), [Scalability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/scalability.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/systems.md>)

Tags: [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [asynchronous](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/asynchronous.md>), [coupling](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coupling.md>), [event-driven](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/event-driven.md>), [event-driven-architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/event-driven-architecture.md>), [messages](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/messages.md>), [scalability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scalability.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>), [software-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-development.md>), [system](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/system.md>)

## AI overview

This article compares thin and thick events in event-driven architecture. It argues that thin events, which carry minimal data such as a user ID, can support flexible, loosely coupled systems by allowing downstream services to retrieve additional details when needed.

## Source excerpt

Thin Events: The lean muscle of event-driven architecture