What is logical decoding and how is it used for event-driven PostgreSQL systems?

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Logical decoding reads WAL and converts changes into logical events using plugins like pgoutput or wal2json. Used for CDC, microservice event sourcing, real-time pipelines, and incremental ETL.

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