advancedCapstone — A Fault-Tolerant Order-Payment System

4. "Design the payment flow for a food delivery app spanning Order, Payment, and Restaurant services. What pattern, and why not a distributed transaction?" (4 minutes)

Saga (Chapter 17), with specific compensations named for each step, and a clear explanation of why 2PC (Chapter 16) is the wrong choice at this scale/availability requirement.

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