In the previous post of this blog series, we discussed why the “strong consistency is needed for business reasons” requirement is void. In this post, we will discuss the actual value of strong ACID-like consistency.
In the previous post of this blog series, we discussed why strong consistency across multiple distributed data nodes is a bad idea. In this post, we will discuss why the “strong consistency is needed for business reasons” requirement is void.
Well, of course ACID consistency exists – and it is a good thing that it exists. Thus, feel free to call the post title clickbait … ;)
This blog post is about an observation I made pondering the slow adoption rates of several technologies in IT that I consider being game changers. My claim is:
Standardization is a two-edged sword. It has a value, but it also comes at a price.