seeing some gnarly optimistic UI eventual consistency problems on this web site today
Zach Leatherman 99 replies 77 likes Original on Bluesky9 replies
even our UI has trouble with optimism nowadays
I mean
vindicated bsky.app/profile/pfra...
I definitely prefer error messages over whatever happened on bluesky today—a bunch of likes and boosts just *never happened* which will have me doubting the reliability of every action I do on this site for a day or two
Oont hghow doez zat maek hyou feeel?
gesundheit
I wonder what a pessimistic UI would look like.
Good question!
“Sorry I can’t do that, I’m betting the database is down—I didn’t check, but I’m just assuming”