[nekusar]

Sigh. What this article is badly saying is that they really don't understand the difference between a *transaction* versus idempotency.

You want a rebuildable environment after testing blows it up? Idempotent build scripts.

You want to sell crap from a web interface? Thats a transaction. If you do 'repeat a sale', thats a new transaction, with new goods, with newer date.

Forcing 1 paradigm on a different one always results in gnashing of teeth and sadness. But I guess it gets the blog hits for that dopamine rush.