Synchronous requests block every step until it completes. Asynchronous requests let you move on and handle the response later. Understanding the difference is fundamental to designing systems that are fast, reliable, and scalable.
In this short, we walk through a real-world "place order" flow to show how sync and async behave differently and why choosing the wrong one can slow down your entire application.
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