> I think it's a straw man to say "we couldn't eliminate all API calls, so fat events are useless" Well, yes it is a straw man, because I never said that. > A

> I think it's a straw man to say "we couldn't eliminate all API calls, so fat events are useless" Well, yes it is a straw man, because I never said that. > At a glance, no. But it's not imponderable, assuming a limited number of in-house consumers. The absolute statement about it isn't accurate. That’s a pretty huge assumption. Especially when one of the advantages of pub/sub is supposed to be decoupling. Anyway, we clearly have had different experiences, and there is no silver bullet.