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Data consciously dropped vs unintentionally lost

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Audience pushes back that in practice teams consciously decide what to store (for debugging/revenue/legality). Pavel agrees, but notes that without event-sourcing discipline teams unintentionally lose data they later wish they had (e.g. items removed from carts). Also: the talk's order example is a great teaching vehicle, but he personally prefers event sourcing inside autonomous services rather than modeling an entire app this way.

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Agreed in principle, but without discipline teams lose data unintentionally. Event sourcing is strongest inside autonomous services, not necessarily whole apps.
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