Designing for State and Time in Immutable Systems
The Problem of Time in Enterprise Data Modern enterprise systems are built around state. A user has a current name. An order has a current status. A contract has a current value. Applications query the current version, state, of these records and proceed accordingly. This works well in traditional databases where data is overwritten and old values fade into log archives. Immutable systems require a different model. In Walacor, when a […]