Idempotency means that performing an operation multiple times produces the same result as performing it once. In distributed systems, this property isn’t a nice-to-have—it’s essential for correctness.
Read more →An operation is idempotent if executing it multiple times produces the same result as executing it once. In mathematics, abs(abs(x)) = abs(x). In distributed systems, createPayment(id=123) called…
In distributed systems, network requests fail. Connections timeout. Servers crash mid-request. When these failures occur, clients face a dilemma: should they retry the request and risk duplicating…
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