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Deep dive April 5, 2023 Queries in MicroRaft A Java Raft query guide covering linearizable reads, leader-lease reads, eventual consistency, and freshness tradeoffs. Queries Consistency Reads Read article Deep dive February 15, 2023 Log replication in MicroRaft A Java Raft replication deep dive covering batching, flush behavior, commit progression, and throughput tradeoffs. Replication Throughput Batching Read article Internals November 12, 2022 Implementing the log A Java Raft storage article about log structure, snapshot boundaries, truncation, and persistence behavior. Storage Snapshots Log Read article Deep dive September 8, 2021 Today a Raft Follower, Tomorrow a Raft Leader A leader-election article about follower timeouts, term changes, and availability tradeoffs in Java Raft clusters. Leader Election Availability Timeouts Read article Intro September 3, 2021 Introducing MicroRaft The launch post explaining where an embeddable Java Raft library fits among metadata stores, locks, and coordination services. Introduction Consensus Use Cases Read article