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> Sorry, we can't beat physics.

In a way, you can with optimistic updates. That requires having a full front end stack, though, and probably making the app local-first if you really wanted to hammer that nail.

There's always the cost of the round trip to verify, which means planning a solid roll-back user experience, but it can be done.




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