idk what I was doing before

events/events.go

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+package events
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/gob"
+)
+
+func decode(data []byte, value any) error {
+	buf := bytes.NewBuffer(data)
+	dec := gob.NewDecoder(buf)
+	return dec.Decode(value)
+}
+
+func encode(value any) ([]byte, error) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	enc := gob.NewEncoder(&buf)
+	err := enc.Encode(value)
+	return buf.Bytes(), err
+}
+
+func (e *DbEvent) ReadData(value any) error {
+	return decode(e.Data, value)
+}
+
+func (e *DbEvent) WriteData(value any) error {
+	b, err := encode(value)
+	if err == nil {
+		e.Data = b
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
+func (e *DbEvent) ReadHistory(value any) error {
+	return decode(e.History, value)
+}
+
+func (e *DbEvent) WriteHistory(value any) error {
+	b, err := encode(value)
+	if err == nil {
+		e.History = b
+	}
+	return err
+}