Trilemmas are everywhere. Defined as either a forced single choice among three unfavorable options or a two-out-of-three-only choice among favorable options, trilemmas involve trade-offs. The latter, ...

In distributed databases, no principle is quite as famous as “CAP” Theorem (also known as Brewer’s Theorem). CAP Theorem states that a distributed database can at most support two of the following ...

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Reduce the risk of losing valuable information with file locking. But how should you approach it? We'll show you what you need to consider Here’s an example of a workplace situation that arises ...

In the world of financial services, the integrity of data systems is fundamentally reliant on non-functional requirements (NFRs) such as reliability and security. Despite their importance, NFRs often ...

CockroachDB was intended to be a global database from the beginning. The founders of Cockroach Labs wanted to ensure that data written in one location would be viewable immediately in another location ...

Long read Modern enterprises that need to ship software are constantly caught in a race for optimisation, whether in terms of speed (time to ship/deploy), ease of use or, inevitably, cost. What makes ...

Imagine you want to withdraw some cash from an ATM. You expect it to show your account balance correctly and process your request quickly. However, network delays make it hard for the system to meet ...