Exploration of Wallaby and Raft with Chris Keathley

In the podcast episode, Chris Keathley delves into his background, his journey with Elixir, and his contributions to open source libraries such as Wallaby and Raft. He starts by sharing his initial experiences with Elixir and the open source community. Chris explains the functionality of Wallaby, focusing on concurrent tests and the Sandbox, and expands on his reasons for stepping back from front-end development. The conversation also covers the Raft library, shedding light on consensus algorithms and Leslie Lamport's work on Paxos, highlighting how Raft simplifies these concepts for Elixir developers. Chris offers insights into the inner workings of Raft and shares his enthusiasm for the project despite not having worked on it recently.