Minimal APIs, CQRS, DDD… Or Just Use Controllers?

You've probably seen this meme floating around — it's funny because, well... there’s some truth to it. On one end, you’ve got people keeping it simple with MVC Controllers. On the other end? Also MVC Controllers. But in the middle, we’re neck-deep in abstractions: CQRS, MediatR, DDD, FastEndpoints, Aspire... the list goes on. 🔗 Kurrent (formely EventStoreDB) https://kurrent.io 🔔 Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3RKA4vunFAfrfxiJhPEplw?sub_confirmation=1 💥 Join this channel to get access to a private Discord Server and any source code in my videos. 🔥 Join via Patreon https://www.patreon.com/codeopinion ✔️ Join via YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3RKA4vunFAfrfxiJhPEplw/join 📝 Blog: https://codeopinion.com 👋 Twitter: https://twitter.com/codeopinion ✨ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dcomartin/ 📧 Weekly Updates: https://mailchi.mp/63c7a0b3ff38/codeopinion 0:00 Intro 1:14 Starting Example 2:51 Remove Repository 6:06 Remove MediatR 8:39 What's the problem?