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Designing idempotent webhooks that never double-charge
Webhooks get retried, replayed, and delivered out of order. Here is the small set of patterns I lean on to make handlers safe under all three.
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Notes on building software well — architecture, reliability, and the non-code parts that make projects succeed.
Webhooks get retried, replayed, and delivered out of order. Here is the small set of patterns I lean on to make handlers safe under all three.
The biggest risk on most freelance projects is not technical — it is a misaligned expectation. Here is the lightweight system I use to stay aligned.