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software-design/idempotency-why-clicking-pay-twice-should-charge-you-once.md
Idempotency: why clicking Pay twice should charge you once
You tap Pay, the screen shows an error, you tap again, and your card is charged twice. Networks drop messages, so a phone often cannot tell…
6 min read · 18 Oct