Save Big on Coursera Plus. 7,000+ courses at $160 off. Limited Time Only! Grab it Explore the concept of transactions in modern database theory, economics, and concurrency control in this 33-minute conference talk from GOTO 2016. Delve into the core notion of atomic or indivisible units and how transactions are either wholly applied or not at all. Examine the limitations of transaction composition in programming languages and the impact on reusability. Learn from Reid Draper, Director of Engineering at Helium, as he discusses the importance of transactions and potential ways to overcome their current limitations in software development.