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gabrielpoca
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Blog Post: The Worst Decision Of My Career
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gabrielpoca
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@username_1 I'm honestly out of ideas :/ I already spent so many hours in this, if you think it's fine, let's merge it as it is
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pfac
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Sure thing, feel free to merge it when you're ready.
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zamith
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Let's start by saying that I don't completely agree with the main point of the article, in the particular case of utrust (which is never mentioned, but is abundantly clear for people in the know), I think that event sourcing for the payment flow was one of the best decisions we made. Of course, as with any new technology, we overdid it at first, using it in places where we shouldn't have (such as user management) and had to learn from that.

In terms of the article itself, I feel it's very opinionated, but that's not necessarily bad, I've written opinionated articles for this blog before. The main issue I have with it is that it is opinionated in a negative way. It not only gives your opinion, but it goes at length (probably too much) to try and "destroy" another point of view (that is still shared by a lot of people in the Sub universe). 

In sum, I think it's ok to write an article about your experience with these and even that early on you should shy away from complexity. However, I don't think we should publish an article that (to me, at least) comes across as so negative not to only to yourself (or us), but also other people we know and in general. I think you can make your point in a more positive way.
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gabrielpoca
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@username_2 I understand your point. I made a couple of changes to try and address what you mentioned. Would you mind looking at it again? I know the article will come across as negative, but that's how I want it to be. I know a lot of people in the universe will disagree, but a lot more will see themselves in my words and my pain. I'm ok with a little sanitization to my ideas, but to be honest, I would rather publish this in my personal blog than not being able to convey this message.
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zamith
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Not sure it's my call to make, but I don't think this aligns with the tone in our blog, nor with the message we want to put across as part of our OKRs.
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gabrielpoca
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@username_2 not even with my latest changes?
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gabrielpoca
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Closing for now. Will rewrite some sections soon.
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