k:
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              <p>
                We can move the call to
                <code class="function">countRecords()</code> to a point after the
                thread's transaction has committed. 
            </p>
            </li>
            <li>
              <p>
                We can allow <code class="function">countRecords()</code> to
                operate under the same transaction as all of the writes
             