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by molesy 5385 days ago
The point of the UPDATE .. SELECT if updated pattern is that it's a mark-and-sweep completely outside of a transaction. Avoid locking > lock as little as possible > lock as quickly as possible.

Your blog is your business, the Lorax speaks only for HN.. (hey is Internet Lorax a job?) It would of course be great to update your readers, it'd be cooler to update your application and tell everyone how it worked out! Then you've got a story you can actually submit again