The Raft Consensus Algorithm Explained Through "Mean Girls"

(cockroachlabs.com)

60 points | by vermilingua 3 hours ago

8 comments

  • BSTRhino 2 hours ago
    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?

  • cocodill 55 minutes ago
    I looked through the gifs and ended up understanding even less than before.
  • trick-or-treat 28 minutes ago
    They need to stop trying to make fetch a thing.
  • diorrkrk 30 minutes ago
    Mean Girls demonstrate how patriarchy shapes young girls, and forces them to behave as sex objects!

    How is this appliable to computers?

    • trick-or-treat 20 minutes ago
      Is that your real take? The girls have the power in that movie they manipulate the boys not the other way around. The adults are oblivious (except for Tina). There is no patriarchy.
    • lwhi 8 minutes ago
      You're a virgin who can't drive!

      Admittedly, this is Clueless (and way harsh) .. but I couldn't help myself.

    • DarkNova6 18 minutes ago
      This is another way of telling us you haven't seen the movie without telling us you haven't seen the movie.
    • defrost 14 minutes ago
      It ably demonstrates the propensity of IT industry drive by commenters to be confidently, totally, utterly incorrect in every aspect of what they opine.
    • eru 22 minutes ago
      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

  • xyzal 1 hour ago
    As a lover or Raft Consensus Algorithm, now I have to watch Mean Girls I guess.
  • EdwardDiego 1 hour ago
    Which movie would you use to explain Paxos?
    • interloxia 14 minutes ago
      "Chat generate a blog post on paxos but explain it through Mad Max: Fury Road"
      • defrost 11 minutes ago
        The Postman (1997)

        restoration of packet messaging across unreliable transport.

  • SomaticPirate 33 minutes ago
    “Chat generate me an explanation blog posts on the Raft consensus algorithm… but explain it through mean girls”
  • skeptrune 28 minutes ago
    lmao, i love this