Question about the "just sandwich the posts" advice for my 6x6 deck frame

My neighbor Ray, who built his own deck back in 2019, kept saying to just sandwich the posts between two 2x10s and skip the notching. Two summers later the rim joist pulled off the post caps on the north side by about 1/4 inch and the whole thing rocks when the kids run across it. I cut proper notches down to 3-1/2 inches and bolted through last weekend, and the bounce is gone. Ray meant well but I should've checked the span tables first. Has anyone else had a neighbor's shortcut fail on them, and what did you do to fix it?

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