I am also not a fan of Zookeeper but I have come to respect it. In defense of Zookeeper, distributed systems are a GPITA. If you need to select some components

I am also not a fan of Zookeeper but I have come to respect it. In defense of Zookeeper, distributed systems are a GPITA. If you need to select some components why not go for ones that are solid [1]. [1] https://aphyr.com/posts/291-jepsen-zookeeper https://aphyr.com/posts/291-jepsen-zookeeper