https://www.rambling-me.com/blog A blog to reflect my thoughts, learnings, and observations en-us me@rambling-me.com (Dopeking) me@rambling-me.com (Dopeking) Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.rambling-me.com/blog/posts/technology/scaling/ui-frontend/3-ux-of-eventual-consistency https://www.rambling-me.com/blog/posts/technology/scaling/ui-frontend/3-ux-of-eventual-consistency Where the whole pillar pays off on the client. When the backend went asynchronous, the UI could no longer promise done the instant the user acts. This is the craft of telling the truth about work in progress: optimistic updates and reconciliation, honest intermediate states, handling out-of-order and duplicate events, idempotent client actions, and error UX. And why a bank refuses the optimism a food app embraces. Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT me@rambling-me.com (Dopeking) technologyscalingui-frontendeventual-consistencyoptimistic-uiidempotencyuxpractitioner