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		agnivade 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Pgactive: Postgres active-active replication exten... Just for my own understanding, could you clarify why you think "last write wins" is a recipe for disaster?

stephenr 9 months ago [–]

Because two simultaneous writes mean some change is just lost, without feedback to the writer.

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