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

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

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Post by lwhi »

lynx97 wrote: post #20
eru wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At the risk of going even more off-topic: > Mean Girls demonstrate how patriarchy shapes young girls, [...] Of course, young girls have no agency and the only thing shaping them is the mean patriarchy... /s

Supposedly having no agency and being opressed seems to be the universal narrative, even with groups that are not even a minority. It gets worse with real minorities. But I know an increasing number of women who are fed up with this victimhood mentality. Its a slipery slope. Because once you believe in you being a victim, you likely reduce your effort to take matters into your own hand. And there is even a feedback l…

Those people are a good candidates for the burn book.

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

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Post by mi_lk »

pragmatick wrote: post #6
BSTRhino wrote: post #2

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?

Not what you asked for but you may enjoy Pitch Perfect 237: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiC9X_MoE1M

The guy has a point

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

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Post by sateesh »

As someone who doesn't know/watched "Mean Girls" this seems confusing. Also I don't think it is fair to assume that reading of a blog post makes one to understand Raft better, at best they pique one's interest to learn more about it. IMHO Reading/re-reading of the Raft paper and working through an instructional implementation like (https://github.com/eliben/raft) provides a better understanding.

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

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Post by cestith »

sateesh wrote: post #25

As someone who doesn't know/watched "Mean Girls" this seems confusing. Also I don't think it is fair to assume that reading of a blog post makes one to understand Raft better, at best they pique one's interest to learn more about it. IMHO Reading/re-reading of the Raft paper and working through an instructional implementation like ( https://github.com/eliben/raft ) provides a better understanding.

It’s not explaining any deep technical details. Think of it as a gentle introduction to the idea for someone to explain why they might want to read the paper, before reading the paper.

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

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Post by ihucgfdcjibhg »

sateesh wrote: post #25

As someone who doesn't know/watched "Mean Girls" this seems confusing. Also I don't think it is fair to assume that reading of a blog post makes one to understand Raft better, at best they pique one's interest to learn more about it. IMHO Reading/re-reading of the Raft paper and working through an instructional implementation like ( https://github.com/eliben/raft ) provides a better understanding.

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

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Post by sateesh »

cestith wrote: post #27
sateesh wrote: post #25

As someone who doesn't know/watched "Mean Girls" this seems confusing. Also I don't think it is fair to assume that reading of a blog post makes one to understand Raft better, at best they pique one's interest to learn more about it. IMHO Reading/re-reading of the Raft paper and working through an instructional implementation like ( https://github.com/eliben/raft ) provides a better understanding.

It’s not explaining any deep technical details. Think of it as a gentle introduction to the idea for someone to explain why they might want to read the paper, before reading the paper.

If the article was intended to be an intro to "Raft" algorithm I would've agreed with your sentiment. But this is what the article starts with:

  Understanding Raft can be tough. In fact, I’ve seen   conversations recently on social media in which actual technical leaders of infrastructure companies demonstrate a lack of understanding (!). Point being, you’re not alone.
Anyway I now notice that the article was written in 2023, probably I'm being too pedantic.
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