so, handling eventual consistency in distributed systems, right?

Hey everyone, I'm working on a new distributed system, and we're leaning towards eventual consistency for some features to make things more available and faster. But I'm a little worried about how to handle this right and let users and other services know what's up. What do you usually do when dealing with eventual consistency? Are there any particular methods or tools you've found that really help make it easier to manage and understand? I'm really curious to hear about what's worked for you in the real world, and what I should watch out for.