Raft is described as 'basically Paxos but with some of the tales left unfinished by the Paxos paper filled in,' presenting the same concepts but in a different order that appeals more to engineers.

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Leslie Lamport

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it's basically it's it's the Paxos paper but no but with some of the tales left unfinished by the Paxos paper uh by uh you know filled some of the tales filled in

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Turing Award Winner: Thinking Clearly, Paxos vs Raft, Working With Dijkstra | Leslie LamportRyan Peterman
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:17:50 PM

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