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The trickiest German prepositions are the ***Wechselpräpositionen***,
also known as the *“two-way prepositions”*.
They’re sometimes also called the *“dual case prepositions”*.
These prepositions can take the dative *or* accusative:
• *an* – “on (a vertical surface)”
• *auf* – “on top of (horizontal surface)”
• *hinter* – “behind”
• *in* – “in, into”
• *neben* – “next to”
• *entlang* – “along”
• *über* – “above”
• *unter* – “under”
• *vor* – “in front of”
• *zwischen* – “between”
German Prepositions – The Ultimate Guide (with Charts)
George Julian
Software companies aren't made of code, much like
bakeries aren't made of bread.
Software companies are made of
*processes that produce and maintain code*.
Software is a by-product of these processes.
It's not even the *final* product — it's a means to an end.
The final product is a solution to a business problem.
The Machine That Makes the Thing Is More Valuable Than the Thing
François Chollet
In [theoretical computer science](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theoretical_computer_science),
the **CAP theorem**, also named **Brewer's theorem** after computer scientist [Eric Brewer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Brewer_(scientist)),
states that any [distributed data store](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_data_store)
can provide only [two of the following three](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilemma) guarantees:
[Consistency](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consistency_model)
Every read receives the most recent write or an error.
[Availability](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Availability)
Every request receives a (non-error) response, without the guarantee that it contains the most recent write.
[Partition tolerance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_partitioning)
The system continues to operate despite an arbitrary number of messages being dropped (or delayed) by the network between nodes.
CAP theorem
wikipedia.org
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