Vending Machine OOD: The One Rule Interviewers Won’t Let You Skip—Refund Is a State, Not an Afterthought
Vending Machine OOD: Make Refund a First-Class Transaction State
When designing a vending machine (or any payment+fulfillment system), model a refund as a first-class state in the Transaction lifecycle — not as an ad-hoc side effect.
Why this matters...
blog.bugfree.ai4 min read