I really like Kent Beck's recent re-framing of this overly technical topic in terms of "Eventual Business Consistency": https://tidyfirst.substack.com/p/eventua

I really like Kent Beck's recent re-framing of this overly technical topic in terms of "Eventual Business Consistency": https://tidyfirst.substack.com/p/eventual-business-consistency https://tidyfirst.substack.com/p/eventual-business-consisten... > In a nutshell, we want what’s recorded in the system to match the real world. We know this is impossible (delays, mistakes, changes) but are getting as close as we can. The promise is that if what’s in the system matches the real world as closely as possible, costs go down, customer satisfaction goes up, & we are able to scale further faster.