{
  "id": 1213655,
  "title": "So…#WTH is State Machine Replication?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/so-wth-is-state-machine-replication",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-16T06:05:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/tanay_karmarkar_fe8eb6dcd/sowth-is-state-machine-replication-1oek"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Every replicated database, Kafka partition, and Raft cluster relies on one rule: if deterministic replicas start identical and apply identical commands in an identical order, they stay identical. Violate the order by one message, and you’ve built two different databases. In my blog, I learnt and then broke down the mechanics of State Machine Replication (SMR). I cover: -> The Deterministic…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}