rahulbhardwaj.codes https://rahulbhardwaj.codes Rahul's blog — dev, systems, and things I’m building. en Sun, 01 Nov 2026 03:35:23 GMT Why Distributed Systems Need Consensus https://rahulbhardwaj.codes/blog/why-distributed-systems-need-consensus https://rahulbhardwaj.codes/blog/why-distributed-systems-need-consensus Fri, 12 Jun 2026 03:30:00 GMT A practical explanation of why distributed systems need consensus and how the Raft Consensus Algorithm solves leader election, log replication, and consistency problems.