The Story Behind Distributed Transactions: Choreography vs. Orchestration
Microservices architectures promise flexibility, scalability, and agility in software development. But with this flexibility comes significant complexity—especially when managing transactions across multiple, distributed services. Today, let’s talk about the history of distributed transactions, diving deep into two powerful yet contrasting approaches: Choreography and Orchestration. Why Distributed Transactions? In the beginning, monolithic applications reigned supreme. Transactions were straightforward—everything operated within a single database, making transaction management relatively easy. But as software applications grew in scale and complexity, a single database was no longer sufficient....
