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authorPat Helland

The Best Place to Build a Subway
From Communications of the ACM

The Best Place to Build a Subway

Building projects despite (and because of) existing complex systems.

Identity by Any Other Name
From Communications of the ACM

Identity by Any Other Name

The complex cacophony of intertwined systems.

Life Beyond Distributed Transactions
From Communications of the ACM

Life Beyond Distributed Transactions

An apostate's opinion.

Immutability Changes Everything
From Communications of the ACM

Immutability Changes Everything

We need it, we can afford it, and the time is now.

Idempotence Is Not a Medical Condition
From Communications of the ACM

Idempotence Is Not a Medical Condition

Messages may be retried. Idempotence means that's OK.
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