# Blind Overwrite

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

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Shared State Identification](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/shared-state-identification.md) and before [Conflict Detection](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/conflict-detection.md).

## Category

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

## Negated by

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

## Linked from

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