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Too Big Not to Fail

Embrace failure so it does not embrace you. Pat Helland, Simon Weaver, Ed Harris
From Communications of the ACM | June 2017

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Standing on Distributed Shoulders of Giants

Farsighted physicists of yore were danged smart! Pat Helland
From Communications of the ACM | June 2016

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Immutability Changes Everything

We need it, we can afford it, and the time is now. Pat Helland
From Communications of the ACM | January 2016

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Idempotence Is Not a Medical Condition

Messages may be retried. Idempotence means that's OK. Pat Helland
From Communications of the ACM | May 2012

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If You Have Too Much Data, Then 'Good Enough' Is Good Enough

In today's humongous database systems, clarity may be relaxed, but business needs can still be met. Pat Helland
From Communications of the ACM | June 2011