Achieving agreement in distributed systems is one of the fundamental challenges in computer science. This article explores the evolution of consensus algorithms, from the theoretical elegance of Paxos to the practical clarity of Raft, examining why distributed consensus matters and how modern systems achieve it.#Paxos#Raft
Distributed consensus is one of computer science's most elegant and challenging problems. This deep dive explores the evolution from Paxos's mathematical rigor to Raft's understandability, revealing the beautiful tension between correctness and comprehensibility.#Consensus#Raft