Digression k-1: a long discussion about the summer offsite venue and whether the lake house fits 40 people. It wandered for a while, several people chimed in with anecdotes, someone posted a poll, and the thread ended with no engineering decision, no constraint, and no action item. Nothing in it affects the current work beyond morale.

Digression k-2: a long discussion about who keeps leaving the standing desk at maximum height. It wandered for a while, several people chimed in with anecdotes, someone posted a poll, and the thread ended with no engineering decision, no constraint, and no action item. Nothing in it affects the current work beyond morale.

Digression k-3: a long discussion about the espresso machine descaling rota and its laminated instructions. It wandered for a while, several people chimed in with anecdotes, someone posted a poll, and the thread ended with no engineering decision, no constraint, and no action item. Nothing in it affects the current work beyond morale.

Digression k-4: a long discussion about whether the team mascot should be a heron or an axolotl. It wandered for a while, several people chimed in with anecdotes, someone posted a poll, and the thread ended with no engineering decision, no constraint, and no action item. Nothing in it affects the current work beyond morale.

Digression k-5: a long discussion about the never-ending thread about tabs versus spaces in the wiki. It wandered for a while, several people chimed in with anecdotes, someone posted a poll, and the thread ended with no engineering decision, no constraint, and no action item. Nothing in it affects the current work beyond morale.

Digression k-6: a long discussion about parking garage badge readers rebooting every Tuesday. It wandered for a while, several people chimed in with anecdotes, someone posted a poll, and the thread ended with no engineering decision, no constraint, and no action item. Nothing in it affects the current work beyond morale.

Digression k-7: a long discussion about the potluck signup sheet and three people all bringing hummus. It wandered for a while, several people chimed in with anecdotes, someone posted a poll, and the thread ended with no engineering decision, no constraint, and no action item. Nothing in it affects the current work beyond morale.

Digression k-8: a long discussion about a long recap of the trivia night and the disputed geography answer. It wandered for a while, several people chimed in with anecdotes, someone posted a poll, and the thread ended with no engineering decision, no constraint, and no action item. Nothing in it affects the current work beyond morale.

Digression k-9: a long discussion about the office plants watering schedule on alternating weeks. It wandered for a while, several people chimed in with anecdotes, someone posted a poll, and the thread ended with no engineering decision, no constraint, and no action item. Nothing in it affects the current work beyond morale.

Digression k-10: a long discussion about whether meeting-free Wednesdays survived the reorg. It wandered for a while, several people chimed in with anecdotes, someone posted a poll, and the thread ended with no engineering decision, no constraint, and no action item. Nothing in it affects the current work beyond morale.

FAILED APPROACH: Caching whole responses in Redis; cache invalidation bugs produced stale order totals in checkout and the approach was abandoned.
DECISION: Cache per-entity fragments with version-keyed invalidation instead of whole responses.

Digression m-1: a long discussion about the summer offsite venue and whether the lake house fits 40 people. It wandered for a while, several people chimed in with anecdotes, someone posted a poll, and the thread ended with no engineering decision, no constraint, and no action item. Nothing in it affects the current work beyond morale.

Digression m-2: a long discussion about who keeps leaving the standing desk at maximum height. It wandered for a while, several people chimed in with anecdotes, someone posted a poll, and the thread ended with no engineering decision, no constraint, and no action item. Nothing in it affects the current work beyond morale.

Digression m-3: a long discussion about the espresso machine descaling rota and its laminated instructions. It wandered for a while, several people chimed in with anecdotes, someone posted a poll, and the thread ended with no engineering decision, no constraint, and no action item. Nothing in it affects the current work beyond morale.

Digression m-4: a long discussion about whether the team mascot should be a heron or an axolotl. It wandered for a while, several people chimed in with anecdotes, someone posted a poll, and the thread ended with no engineering decision, no constraint, and no action item. Nothing in it affects the current work beyond morale.

Digression m-5: a long discussion about the never-ending thread about tabs versus spaces in the wiki. It wandered for a while, several people chimed in with anecdotes, someone posted a poll, and the thread ended with no engineering decision, no constraint, and no action item. Nothing in it affects the current work beyond morale.

Digression m-6: a long discussion about parking garage badge readers rebooting every Tuesday. It wandered for a while, several people chimed in with anecdotes, someone posted a poll, and the thread ended with no engineering decision, no constraint, and no action item. Nothing in it affects the current work beyond morale.

Digression m-7: a long discussion about the potluck signup sheet and three people all bringing hummus. It wandered for a while, several people chimed in with anecdotes, someone posted a poll, and the thread ended with no engineering decision, no constraint, and no action item. Nothing in it affects the current work beyond morale.

Digression m-8: a long discussion about a long recap of the trivia night and the disputed geography answer. It wandered for a while, several people chimed in with anecdotes, someone posted a poll, and the thread ended with no engineering decision, no constraint, and no action item. Nothing in it affects the current work beyond morale.

Digression m-9: a long discussion about the office plants watering schedule on alternating weeks. It wandered for a while, several people chimed in with anecdotes, someone posted a poll, and the thread ended with no engineering decision, no constraint, and no action item. Nothing in it affects the current work beyond morale.

Digression m-10: a long discussion about whether meeting-free Wednesdays survived the reorg. It wandered for a while, several people chimed in with anecdotes, someone posted a poll, and the thread ended with no engineering decision, no constraint, and no action item. Nothing in it affects the current work beyond morale.

Digression m-11: a long discussion about the saga of the missing HDMI adapter from room Ontario. It wandered for a while, several people chimed in with anecdotes, someone posted a poll, and the thread ended with no engineering decision, no constraint, and no action item. Nothing in it affects the current work beyond morale.

Digression m-12: a long discussion about lunch options near the office and the new dumpling place. It wandered for a while, several people chimed in with anecdotes, someone posted a poll, and the thread ended with no engineering decision, no constraint, and no action item. Nothing in it affects the current work beyond morale.