A simple way to avoid the problems highlighted in the article is to use immutable data-structures. If you need to update that across threads, am atom with CAS l

A simple way to avoid the problems highlighted in the article is to use immutable data-structures. If you need to update that across threads, am atom with CAS logic will usually be sufficient. If you like it erlang style: an agent can serialize changes nicely. If you need coordinated changes, use software transactions. Of course: next we'll introduce deadlocks with DB transactions. Fun!