Consistency vs Availability: Understanding the CAP Theorem

Consistency vs Availability: Understanding the CAP Theorem

 

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When building distributed systems, you’ll face a fundamental trade-off that can make or break your application’s performance. The CAP Theorem forces you to choose between keeping data perfectly synchronized across all nodes (consistency) and ensuring your system stays online even when things go wrong (availability).