I talk about these problems in the "How hard can sharding be?" section of the article — long story short, not all business requirements can be dealt with easily, but surprisingly many can if you choose a smart sharding key.
You can also still do optimistic concurrency across shards! That covers most of the remaining ones. Anything that requires anything more complex — sagas, 2PC, etc. — is relatively rare, and at scale, a traditional SQL OLTP will also struggle with those.
You can also still do optimistic concurrency across shards! That covers most of the remaining ones. Anything that requires anything more complex — sagas, 2PC, etc. — is relatively rare, and at scale, a traditional SQL OLTP will also struggle with those.