lock contention

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Oct 6, 2025
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Lütke: Database lock contention is the fundamental bottleneck in scaling flash sales
“You really deal with log contention, and log contention is difficult. You, it's very, very hard to scale if everyone at the same time wants to decrement an integer in the database just actually then also the transaction involves Having to go to interchange and…”
Tobi Lütke Oct 6, 2025 ▶ 32:49 Tobi Lütke is still captivated by internet commerce, 20 years later
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