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Log state changes to make tests assert on behavior

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Recording an event on every state change (roll, assignment, winner decision) gives tests something richer than the final return value to assert on, and gives operators an audit trail for debugging production. Event sourcing provides this for free. Use it especially in important or legacy code paths — but avoid logging in every domain operation (hurts readability) and pick a cost-appropriate sink (database or metric, not always full log ingestion).

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takeaway Log state changes to make tests assert on behavior
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Recommendation is the practice itself.
takeaway Log state changes to make tests assert on behavior
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Event Sourcing concept
Rodzik notes event sourcing provides the event log automatically.
takeaway Log state changes to make tests assert on behavior
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