[curyous]

I'm surprised at what gets called a pattern these days. Fowler didn't describe it as a pattern, but just because Mr. Guru said it, it is now a pattern?

[pbreit]

The ways it's referred to as a "StranglerApplication" in this post [1] does suggest more than "just saying it".

1: https://www.martinfowler.com/bliki/EventInterception.html