Why Timestamps Lie in Distributed Systems (and How Logical Clocks Fix It)

There's a line of code in almost every service that stores replicated data: def resolve(incoming, stored): # keep whichever write is "newer" return incoming if incoming.timestamp > stored.timestamp else stored It passes review. It passes tests. It behaves perfectly on your laptop, in CI, and in staging. Then a customer reports that a profile... Weiterlesen