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@GalaxyKate it's not an especially direct way to get there... but I feel like reading all the Jepsen blog posts, where Aphyr tests a bunch of distributed databases & explains how they break, has taught me a lot about the problem.
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@GalaxyKate like, clocks will fuck you up, and you can't have all three of CAP, and you can't tell the difference between something that has just started going very slowly & something has fallen over (until you get a response)