Absolutely. On top of that, it also makes it easy for front end interfaces to be designed with a mock microservice (or handler) that simply emits it for their

Absolutely. On top of that, it also makes it easy for front end interfaces to be designed with a mock microservice (or handler) that simply emits it for their testing with a backend developer going through and filling it. As long as the API isn't overly complex for emitting events, almost anyone on the team can do this.