[doctor_eval]

> 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.