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Re:Event Sourcing is Hard by rwilson4 on Sunday February 03, 2019 @08:57PM (#19073426)
Events are the cornerstone of product analytics. If you want to understand what your users are doing on your platform, and to look for opportunities to improve the user experience, events are a big part of that.
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Re:Event Sourcing is Hard by meetbryce on Monday February 04, 2019 @12:47AM (#19074245)
Events in that context are totally different. Sure there's overlap, but that's mostly a coincidence.
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Re:Event Sourcing is Hard by AndrewKemendo on Sunday February 03, 2019 @10:09PM (#19073688)
I've been working with user event funnels for years, with tools like mixpanel and others but it seems like this is a build state tool for development workflow.
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Re:Event Sourcing is Hard by rwilson4 on Sunday February 03, 2019 @10:14PM (#19073707)
That’s a good point! I’ve typically piggy-backed off these types of systems to do that kind of analysis. But you’re right it is a distinct use case.
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