Tinker Replication & consistency

by Kondasamy Jayaraman · drawn with Colorfigures by April Zhu

10:14. Reloads go to any warehouse.North 3/0, East 3/0, West 3/0

Chapter 6 of 7

Eventually

Orders are right now. Then Priya writes in: she bought a hinge, reloaded, and her purchase was gone.

This chapter: Why can a customer miss their own order, and how do you stop it?

About this chapter

You will learn

  • Every copy agrees, eventually
  • Read your writes: seeing your own change
  • Sending a customer’s reads where they wrote

Words you’ll meet

Eventually consistent
Every copy agrees once the changes have arrived; until then they may differ.
Read your writes
A promise that after you change something, your own reads show the change.

Step 1 of 5

Priya buys a hinge at North. Her page then reloads, and the shop may send the reload to any warehouse.

Move the clock to 10:16.