LET'S CONSIGN CAP TO THE CABINET OF CURIOSITIES

Summary from the TLDR Web Dev newsletter

The CAP theorem, a foundational concept in distributed systems, is largely irrelevant for cloud-based applications. Cloud systems are typically designed with redundant connectivity and routing mechanisms, allowing them to offer both strong consistency and high availability even in the presence of network partitions. Engineers should be focusing on more practical trade-offs in cloud systems, such as durability vs. latency and consistency vs. throughput, rather than dwelling on the CAP theorem.