If it doesn't need a database, then how does it manage inventory? For example, what happens if multiple people try to buy the same products but you don't have enough inventory?
We started by storing data like stock as product metadata directly in Stripe. Plus, we’re developing a thin layer to manage the sync between individual stores and Stripe (e.g. atomicity)
This solution is not (yet) ideal, but works well for most small stores and we have some ideas how to improve it further - composability/headless can be overwhelming in many such scenarios.
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If it doesn't need a database, then how does it manage inventory? For example, what happens if multiple people try to buy the same products but you don't have enough inventory?
We started by storing data like stock as product metadata directly in Stripe. Plus, we’re developing a thin layer to manage the sync between individual stores and Stripe (e.g. atomicity)
This solution is not (yet) ideal, but works well for most small stores and we have some ideas how to improve it further - composability/headless can be overwhelming in many such scenarios.