Hacker NewsApr 10

The Raft Consensus Algorithm Explained Through "Mean Girls"

https://www.cockroachlabs.com/blog/raft-is-so-fetch/

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Raft is so fetch: The Raft Consensus Algorithm explained through "Mean Girls"

Understanding the Raft Consensus Algorithm can be tough. In honor of "Mean Girls" day (October 3), we present Raft as explained through the movie "Mean Girls."

Paul BuetowMar 30
I've released the Distributed Systems Simulator v1.1.0! https://foo.zone/gemfeed/2026-03-31-distributed-systems-simulator-part-1.html - It now also can simulate the Raft consensus protocol! #java #distributedsystems #raft #raftconsensus #simulator #release
Hacker NewsAug 16, 2025

The Raft Consensus Algorithm (2015)

https://raft.github.io/

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Raft Consensus Algorithm

Raft is a consensus algorithm that is designed to be easy to understand.