Mediumhigh level designdistributed systemsconsistencyCAP Theorem: The Choice You Only Make When the Network BreaksEveryone quotes 'pick 2 of 3' and everyone is wrong. CAP is a decision forced only during a partition — and PACELC is the sharper lens for the 99.9% of the time when the network is fine.Asked at Amazon, Google, Microsoft +3Aug 8, 2026·12 min read