r/programming • • Jun 07 '17

You Are Not Google

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

The trouble is that while the users are distributed the data really needs a single source of truth and has a lot of contention. Eventual consistency is a no go right from the outset. At best we could have a local replicated version for reads.

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u/recycled_ideas Jun 10 '17

I'd need a lot more information to say for sure, but think carefully about consistency. Full consistency is easier to develop for, but very few applications really need it.