I have a lot of respect for Leslie Lamport, and I've read quite a few of his papers, but I'm a little reluctant to take his advice to heart here. I think his Pa

I have a lot of respect for Leslie Lamport, and I've read quite a few of his papers, but I'm a little reluctant to take his advice to heart here. I think his Paxos paper is a good read, but at the end of it you understand his thinking but are no closer to writing a valid paxos system. In contrast, take Diego Ongaro's raft paper and you leave with a deep understanding of the thinking and a way to start your journey into making the thoughts concrete.