beginnerSaga Pattern Deep Dive

What is the Saga pattern? What problem does it solve in microservices, and why can't you just use a traditional ACID transaction across services?

Tests whether you know distributed ACID transactions don't scale, and Saga is the practical alternative.

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What is the Saga pattern? What problem does it solve in microservices, and why can't you just use a traditional ACID transaction across services?

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