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Six services participate in an order flow. When do you orchestrate with Step Functions and when do you let events choreograph?

Orchestration buys a visible state machine with declared retries; choreography buys independence and coupling debt. Money paths usually deserve the state machine.

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Orchestration buys a visible state machine with declared retries; choreography buys independence and coupling debt. Money paths usually deserve the state machine.

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