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Idempotent Payments
On the internet, every request happens zero, one, or many times. Money demands you handle 'many'.
After this: Process money safely so retries never double-charge.
Networks retry. Webhooks redeliver. Users double-click. If your payment code isn’t idempotent, all three become double charges.
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