> It sounds like, in Drift's case, the snapshot effectively brings up the tail (snapshot), but the head can still be appended to with new events. Yep, exactly.

> It sounds like, in Drift's case, the snapshot effectively brings up the tail (snapshot), but the head can still be appended to with new events. Yep, exactly. It’s a subtle feature but it makes it possible for multiple clients to attempt to compact without worrying about races.