Your cloud app isn’t gaslighting you...you just met the CAP theorem! The CAP theorem is why something can succeed… then fail… then succeed again without being broken:
www.shankuehn.io/post/the-cap...
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www.shankuehn.io/post/the-cap...
#distributedsystems #captheorem #consistency #partitiontolerance #availability
The CAP Theorem Is Why Your Cloud App Sometimes Feels Off
There is a moment every cloud engineer seemingly has, whether they admit it or not. You open an application and something feels strange. A record you just saved is not there yet, a dashboard shows two...
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February 15, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Your cloud app isn’t gaslighting you...you just met the CAP theorem! The CAP theorem is why something can succeed… then fail… then succeed again without being broken:
www.shankuehn.io/post/the-cap...
#distributedsystems #captheorem #consistency #partitiontolerance #availability
www.shankuehn.io/post/the-cap...
#distributedsystems #captheorem #consistency #partitiontolerance #availability