Principles for Inconsistency
Summary: Argues for principled weakening of consistency in real-world systems, enumerating practical motives and design principles to manage inconsistency coherently. Proposes implementation approaches for sustainably scalable systems that expose comprehensible user experiences despite inconsistency. (summarized by gpt-5-mini on Feb 09 2026)
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Authors
- 1. Shel Finkelstein
- 2. Rainer Brendle
- 3. Dean Jacobs
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| Rank | Citing Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
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| 7,131 | Transactional Intent | 2011 | CIDR | 4.8228141e-05 |
| 8,147 | A Comparison of Flexible Schemas for Software as a Service | 2009 | SIGMOD | 4.5754849e-05 |
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| 298 | Life beyond Distributed Transactions: an Apostate's Opinion | 2007 | CIDR | 0.00028591413 |
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