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by karmakaze 197 days ago
> “We need a User Service”

This is an XY problem statement. We need Y to do X (the following):

> “We need these operations on user data: create, read, update, delete, authenticate, authorize”

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> This is an XY problem statement

no, it isn't. we need both, they're different aspects of the same thing. hyperfocusing on the former and disregarding the latter is just as bad as doing the inverse, and is exactly the problem i was describing.