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# Designing Reliable Distributed Systems: Failures, Retries & Idempotency

If your architectural diagram lacks failure paths, it depicts a demo, not a production system. Learn to prevent cascading outages using explicit timeouts, idempotency, and circuit breakers.

- **Speakers:** [Violetta Pidvolotska](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@violetta-pidvolotska)
- **Event:** World Congress 2026 Europe - Virtual Stage
- **Published:** July 2, 2026
- **Duration:** 39:28
- **URL:** https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1963-designing-reliable-distributed-systems-failures-retries-idempotency
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