the programmers behind the Canvas LMS have managed to build very nasty races on top of what is almost certainly a transactional-database-backed web site. plenty of instructors have gotten burned by this; for years now, I've told my TAs: only one person edits Canvas grades at a time.
https://mastodon.social/@predrag@hachyderm.io/111960629537208842
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