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World Congress 2026 Europe • Jul 10, 2026 • Session details

20 Years of Solving Unsolvable Problems

Werner Vogels

How do you synchronize global databases when the CAP theorem says it's impossible? By deploying atomic clocks, AWS spent 20 years solving unsolvable constraints through invisible engineering.

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