64. Design for Contention: Thousands Racing for the Same Item
Design for contention through a limited sneaker drop: row locks, conditional writes, expiring holds, fencing tokens, sagas and one writer per item.
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65. Design Multi-Step Processes: Sagas, Orchestration and Durable Workflows
An order checkout across payment, inventory and shipping, run as a saga.
ClassicMedium90. Design a Book Seller Aggregator Platform
Buy the cheapest offer under a maximum price from 1,000 sellers: cached offers, coalesced quotes, a hold-order-capture saga, open requests.
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