Show HN: Microphone – Self-Announcing .NET Services on Top of Consul

Really cool to see another library using the Consul library I wrote! Thanks for posting this.

Looks like Consul is trying to fill the gap until Service Fabric comes out, but might be moot after it does. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;azure.microsoft.com&#x2F;en-us&#x2F;campaigns&#x2F;service-fabric&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;azure.microsoft.com&#x2F;en-us&#x2F;campaigns&#x2F;service-fabric&#x2F;</a>

Can someone describe what is Consul and why would anyone need this library on top of it? What problems is it solving (in comparison with WCF or plain WebAPI?).