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by pbailis 5212 days ago
For a fixed amount of throughput, if I want consistent reads, I pay x dollars. If I'm okay with eventual consistency, I can pay x/2 dollars and get the same throughput.

Conflating resource usage, pricing, and consistency using a single metric (here, price) seems confusing, especially without the right metrics to guide devs.