Human-in-the-loop approval queues for SaaS portals
If a machine can submit work, a human still has to accept, reject, or retry it. Design the queue as an object with states — not a chat log.
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If a machine can submit work, a human still has to accept, reject, or retry it. Design the queue as an object with states — not a chat log.
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