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Designing Data-Intensive Applications by Martin Kleppmann

by ra_men 5y ago

hintymad 5y ago
This is indeed a great book.
- arvinsim 5y ago
  I am on frontend ATM but still learned a lot that is applicable from this book.
nkmnz 5y ago
I've seen the book is available on audible. Do you think it's possible to benefit from the audiobook?
- rahimnathwani 5y ago
  I'd imagine the audiobook wouldn't be as good as the paper version of this book because: - I find I often want to go back to earlier sections, to review a concept that's relevant to the current part, and - Much of the information has structure that's hard to keep straight without pages and text formatting
- MichaelMoser123 5y ago
  i see quite a bit of overlap between the book and his lecture series on distributed systems https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEAMfLPZZhE&list=PLeKd45zvjcDFUEv_ohr_HdUFe97RItdiB https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEAMfLPZZhE&list=PLeKd45zvjc... These lectures give a more theory based approach, while the book is more based on discussing practical systems; now both are covering distributed systems as such. Now the distributed system audio course on youtube is extremely accessible (i listened to them while taking walks with our dog) The book is also great, Kleppmann is writing in a very accessible style.
- Wintereise 5y ago
  Likely not, it's a book that relies on the visual representations of how things are laid out a bit too often. What that means in practical terms is that you'll be presented with diagrams and need to pause and think what they really mean. This context will likely not be translated well in the audio form.
strikelaserclaw 5y ago
its a tough book, i had to read some of the later chapters many times but it definitely expanded made me a better engineer
Wonnk13 5y ago
This and Database Internals. I'm more of a sales engineer that continues to flirt with moving to engineering full-time. These two books have really opened my eyes to both better system design and implementation details.

Designing Data-Intensive Applications by Martin Kleppmann

by ra_men 5y ago

Designing Data-Intensive Applications by Martin Kleppmann

hintymad 5y ago

This is indeed a great book.

arvinsim 5y ago
I am on frontend ATM but still learned a lot that is applicable from this book.

nkmnz 5y ago

I've seen the book is available on audible. Do you think it's possible to benefit from the audiobook?

rahimnathwani 5y ago
I'd imagine the audiobook wouldn't be as good as the paper version of this book because: - I find I often want to go back to earlier sections, to review a concept that's relevant to the current part, and - Much of the information has structure that's hard to keep straight without pages and text formatting
MichaelMoser123 5y ago
i see quite a bit of overlap between the book and his lecture series on distributed systems https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEAMfLPZZhE&list=PLeKd45zvjcDFUEv_ohr_HdUFe97RItdiB https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEAMfLPZZhE&list=PLeKd45zvjc... These lectures give a more theory based approach, while the book is more based on discussing practical systems; now both are covering distributed systems as such. Now the distributed system audio course on youtube is extremely accessible (i listened to them while taking walks with our dog) The book is also great, Kleppmann is writing in a very accessible style.
Wintereise 5y ago
Likely not, it's a book that relies on the visual representations of how things are laid out a bit too often. What that means in practical terms is that you'll be presented with diagrams and need to pause and think what they really mean. This context will likely not be translated well in the audio form.

strikelaserclaw 5y ago

its a tough book, i had to read some of the later chapters many times but it definitely expanded made me a better engineer

Wonnk13 5y ago

This and Database Internals. I'm more of a sales engineer that continues to flirt with moving to engineering full-time. These two books have really opened my eyes to both better system design and implementation details.