Why a normal database transaction is not enough when an order crosses multiple services Imagine...
Why a normal database transaction is not enough when an order crosses multiple services
Imagine that we are building an e-commerce application with three microservices:
OrderService creates and manages orders.
PaymentService charges customers and processes refunds.
InventoryService reserves and releases products.
One-liner: In microservices, you can't use a single database transaction across services — the Saga...
The Distributed Transaction Dilemma When you build a modular monolith or a microservice...
Covers: Two-Phase Commit, Saga Pattern, Choreography vs Orchestration Sagas, Compensating...
Series context (Part 4 of 8): This article assumes familiarity with ACID transactions and database...
Every non-trivial business operation touches more than one system. An e-commerce order reserves...
When organizations scale, a simple monolithic architecture often becomes difficult to maintain,...
