Thank you for the detailed and fascinating response! I read and re-read it to make sure I didn't miss any details. I understand now why you chose to handle only

Thank you for the detailed and fascinating response! I read and re-read it to make sure I didn't miss any details. I understand now why you chose to handle only metadata with Raft. I really appreciate the time you took to explain not only your reasoning, but your reasoning through the alternatives as well. Databases and distributed systems are both fascinating, and very challenging, problem domains. Combining them is even more challenging.