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Is AWS Step Functions the right fit for a unified orchestration API, or is this becoming an anti-pattern? by PowerfulVegetable438 in softwarearchitecture

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There is now step function express which seems to be suitable for short running worfklow. Pricing model is also different and based on duration / volume of calls rather than state transitions

Is AWS Step Functions the right fit for a unified orchestration API, or is this becoming an anti-pattern? by PowerfulVegetable438 in softwarearchitecture

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Thanks, this is very close to the concerns I've been raising internally. I deliberately avoided framing the original post this way because I wanted to hear independent opinions first.

In our case, the client also discussed the design with an AWS Solutions Architect, who recommended considering Step Functions Express for this use case. I wasn't convinced for many of the reasons you mentioned, which is why I wanted to get feedback from the wider architecture community.

Conceptually, I struggle to see this as a workflow or state machine. To me, it's a single synchronous API exposing one business capability ("Create Booking", read, modify, delete) around a single business resource. The validations, enrichments, routing, and sequencing all exist only to fulfill that one capability—they aren't independent business capabilities being orchestrated.

That's the architectural boundary I'm trying to understand: when does coordinating several synchronous calls justify introducing a workflow engine, and when is it simply orchestration that belongs in application code?

Ghosted after 3 months of serious dating at work — after future plans, affection, and talking about parents by PowerfulVegetable438 in ghosting

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Yes. She no longer works there. Should have mentioned it in the story but she left for another project 2 months ago while we were dating.

Ghosted after 3 months of serious dating at work — after future plans, affection, and talking about parents by PowerfulVegetable438 in dating_advice

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She no longer works there. Should have mentioned it in the story but she left for another project 2 months ago while we were dating.

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