Differing views are a fact of life, but inconsistent views needn't be. But I think what you're asking is a question of how long a lag your app is willing to tol

Differing views are a fact of life, but inconsistent views needn't be. But I think what you're asking is a question of how long a lag your app is willing to tolerate between Alice and Bob. Orly lets you set limits on that lag but never allows inconsistent reads, preferring to fail the operation if it can't be done within your app's constraints.