> Yes there's a short delay where some nodes haven't learned about the new thing yet, but that's not what's meant by "eventual consistency", which is when inconsistent things may happen and become consistent at some time later.

Thanks, I haven't looked at these problems in a while.

> In the event of a partition, your system is either C or A, no buts.

Fair enough. Raft and Paxos provide well-understood tradeoffs but not a workaround.