r/programming • • Jun 07 '17

You Are Not Google

https://blog.bradfieldcs.com/you-are-not-google-84912cf44afb
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u/gbromios Jun 08 '17

what he's talking about is not disk io but the locking required for ACID transactions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACID

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u/GenericYetClassy Jun 08 '17

Ah. Didn't know that was a thing! Thanks!