# Blind Overwrite

> Writing over another actor's update without checking whether the data changed first, silently losing it.

Record: `lex:blind-overwrite`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Atomic Boundary](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/atomic-boundary.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-blind-overwrite

## category

- [Transactions / State / Concurrency](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/transactions-state-concurrency.md)

## referenced-by

- [Optimistic Locking](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/optimistic-locking.md)