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CodeOpinion: The Real Truth About Event-Driven Architecture

The Real Truth About Event-Driven Architecture dives into the myths of EDA: sure, it’s praised for loose coupling, but splitting hairs between temporal and design-time coupling reveals hidden dependencies. You actually just shift bottlenecks around when chasing scalability, and stitching complex workflows across services quickly turns into a maintenance nightmare.

Then there’s the nitty-gritty of event ordering—spoiler, it’s trickier than it sounds—and how to draw sensible service boundaries so your events don’t trample each other. Bottom line: EDA can be powerful, but only if you redesign your thinking around real constraints, not just hype.

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