There's some debate on the Elasticsearch forums around CA vs. CP - with the overall consensus in favor of CA. Elasticsearch doesn't perform well across networks so in practice, most deployments have multiple nodes in a single datacenter - CA.
Thanks for your feedback though, I have some posts queued up on more of the subtleties in the model, this was just meant to be an introductory post.
Elasticsearch actually sacrifices both consistency and availability during partitions, even when inside a single datacenter (trust me, they happen in production).
If you configure ES to prioritize consistency somewhat (minimum_master_nodes), it prevents writes during a partition—but there's at least one "split" partition scenario where even minimum_master_nodes doesn't prevent inconsistent writes. If you configure ES to prioritize availability during a partition, it isn't consistent. Remember, ES doesn't claim to be consistent and doesn't even use any sort of consensus algorithm.
I feel like my original comment was a bit harsh so thanks for replying.
Re: the debate about CA vs CP, I've seen this too, but I think it reflects confusion rather than genuine options. The 'P' of CAP takes effect whenever you have two or more processes which clients can communicate with. So even if you are running within the same datacenter when using ES, provided clients can communicate with more than one ES node, CAP still applies.
I don't see a problem with this. If Google can easily show you the answer to a problem, use it! The Evernote notebook is a good last-line-of-defense that captures things you really struggle with - or issues that require a solution with multiple parts.
Personally - I don't think there are enough details for me to want to sign up (in fact, I didn't). I have no clue what your product or service does, I don't know if it will be compatible with the tools/systems I use.
I clicked on the question mark for more details - something I wouldn't have done normally, I just did it to provide you more feedback - and there was no helpful information there either.
We'll work on improving the explaination, but the problem is that we don't want to reveal too much.
Obviously, we will have to explain it better, so we will look for just the right amount of info, that will feel comfortable for us at this stage and at the same time enough to intreague people.
Heartbreaking story. As a father of an 8 month old girl this really tugs at me. Nobody should have to go through this.
On a positive note, Anna is a very talented designer. Hopefully the positive experiences doing meaningful work for appreciative clients will eclipse some of the pain in the past.
Interesting perspective. There is quite a bit of research on the subject and most people typically have a dominant trait. Although, everyone can express behaviors in any of the types at any time, we typically "default" to a single one (sometimes two).
Have you taken a DiSC assessment? I find they are accurate for me and the people I work with who have taken them - anecdotal I know.
Heh, I suspect it's much of the same stuff I learned on the job. My former employer's products centered around understanding behavioral styles (natural vs adapted) and their impact on job performance and interpersonal relationships. Super interesting stuff.
maybe I had a flaw in my logic. I was trying to say that if you treat people according to your behavioral preferences (in my case, driving and task focused) then there is a good chance you will actually be introducing tension into the relationship - if they have a different style.
The golden rule is great for matters of ethics (i.e. I shouldn't steal from you), but it can cause tension when we discuss communication behaviors.
This concept shows up in a few books and was made popular by Tony Alessandra.
I think the difference is that while the Golden Rule deals with actions (equatable to "hard skills"), the Platinum Rule deals with behaviors (equatable to "soft skills"). The latter does not say "render unto others the actions that they most desire", but rather "given that you are going to perform an action, perform that action in the way that best matches the way the other person is most comfortable with". It is not about the ethics of an action, but rather, how to behave in ways that are most receivable by other people.
