How to mitigate unhappy paths with an event-driven architecture at scale
The reality of supporting production event-driven architecture at any reasonable scale is that it can be challenging, especially when dealing with bad events and unhappy paths, both of which affect business operations and the customer experience. Architects and developers often focus on delivering the minimum viable product (MVP) to show business value early and validate the approach taken. While focusing on the MVP can be valuable in establishing IT agility — the requirements are targeted at normal operation,
