Amen. The first rule of distributed objects is "don't distribute your objects". It's much easier to reason about a bunch of different actors, each with their ow

Amen. The first rule of distributed objects is "don't distribute your objects". It's much easier to reason about a bunch of different actors, each with their own copies of objects, trying to converge on consensus, than it is to actually have a distributed database that obeys ACID and does all the databasey things. A subtle distinction, but an important one.