The sibling comment by zzzcpan about consistency guarantees is dead and flagged, and can't be replied to, but I would be interested in reading other takes on th

The sibling comment by zzzcpan about consistency guarantees is dead and flagged, and can't be replied to, but I would be interested in reading other takes on this tradeoff. The take on CAP from CockroachDB, for example, is https://www.cockroachlabs.com/blog/living-without-atomic-clocks/ https://www.cockroachlabs.com/blog/living-without-atomic-clo..., and is linked to in the GP article, but is somewhat downplayed and definitely deserves to be read. It seems obvious to me that we're within but beyond CAP when it comes to choosing what to sacrifice.