[baldeagle]

TL;DR: APIs have issues with concurrency and latency, amongst others. Use Consistency As Logical Monotonicity (CALM) or Conflict-free Replicated Data Types (CRDTs) instead. Here is a little about how CRDTs work. btw: speech in NY on the 15th of May.

[lstamour]

Thanks for the summary. Via Google, ended up at http://www.slideshare.net/jboner/the-road-to-akka-cluster-an... which I've bookmarked to watch at a future date, since I'm new to these concepts.