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Books and research papers that have shaped my thinking on distributed systems, software architecture, and engineering practices.
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Martin Kleppmann • 2017 • O'Reilly Media • Read: December 2023
The big ideas behind reliable, scalable, and maintainable systems. Essential reading for understanding distributed systems and database internals.
My notes: A must-read for anyone working with distributed systems. The chapter on replication and partitioning changed how I think about data architecture.
Sanjay Ghemawat, Howard Gobioff, and Shun-Tak Leung • 2003 • SOSP 2003 • Read: January 2024
Foundational paper on distributed file systems. Introduced concepts that influenced Hadoop HDFS and many modern distributed storage systems.
My notes: Fundamental concepts in distributed file systems. Understanding the trade-offs between consistency and availability in large-scale systems.
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Kelsey Hightower, Brendan Burns, Joe Beda • 2022
Comprehensive guide to Kubernetes from its creators. Essential for understanding container orchestration and cloud-native architecture.
View BookMartin Kleppmann • 2017 • O'Reilly Media • Read: December 2023
The big ideas behind reliable, scalable, and maintainable systems. Essential reading for understanding distributed systems and database internals.
My notes: A must-read for anyone working with distributed systems. The chapter on replication and partitioning changed how I think about data architecture.
Google • 2016 • O'Reilly Media
Google's approach to building and running production systems at scale. Learn about SLOs, error budgets, and automation.
My notes: Currently working through the chapters on monitoring and alerting. The concept of error budgets is fascinating.
Research Papers (2)
Fay Chang et al. • 2006
Google Bigtable paper that influenced HBase, Cassandra, and other NoSQL databases. Key concepts in distributed data storage.
Read PaperSanjay Ghemawat, Howard Gobioff, and Shun-Tak Leung • 2003 • SOSP 2003 • Read: January 2024
Foundational paper on distributed file systems. Introduced concepts that influenced Hadoop HDFS and many modern distributed storage systems.
My notes: Fundamental concepts in distributed file systems. Understanding the trade-offs between consistency and availability in large-scale systems.