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Khairul Muhtadin
Khairul Muhtadin

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Databases for durable state (sticky note vs filing cabinet)

Workflows forget. That is fine for drafts.

It is fatal for orders, tickets, and retries. If state must survive the next run, sticky notes are not enough. You need a filing cabinet.

Swipe for when to store durable state, a create-once flow, and three beginner rules so retries stop inventing duplicates.

What is the one fact your flow keeps forgetting?

Episode 17 of Ship with n8n: 20 builder skills.

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