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The Raft consensus algorithm explained through "Mean Girls" (2019)

68 pointsby vermilinguatoday at 3:03 AM17 commentsview on HN

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dangtoday at 6:51 AM

Previously:

Raft Is So Fetch: The Raft Consensus Algorithm Explained Through Mean Girls - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33071069 - Oct 2022 (53 comments)

Raft Is So Fetch: The Raft Consensus Algorithm Explained Through Mean Girls - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22520040 - March 2020 (4 comments)

BSTRhinotoday at 4:31 AM

That is so fetch!

In all honesty though, I quite enjoyed how this article was written. Is there a listing somewhere of articles written like this, with algorithms or concepts explained using analogies to pop culture?

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cocodilltoday at 5:46 AM

I looked through the gifs and ended up understanding even less than before.

trick-or-treattoday at 6:12 AM

They need to stop trying to make fetch a thing.

xyzaltoday at 5:01 AM

As a lover or Raft Consensus Algorithm, now I have to watch Mean Girls I guess.

EdwardDiegotoday at 5:02 AM

Which movie would you use to explain Paxos?

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SomaticPiratetoday at 6:08 AM

“Chat generate me an explanation blog posts on the Raft consensus algorithm… but explain it through mean girls”

skeptrunetoday at 6:13 AM

lmao, i love this

diorrkrktoday at 6:11 AM

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