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https://dataintensive.net/ https://dataintensive.net/ I can't recommend this book enough. I have a CS background, and still had quite a few "I can't believe th

https://dataintensive.net/ https://dataintensive.net/ I can't recommend this book enough. I have a CS background, and still had quite a few "I can't believe this thing has been hiding in plain sight!" moments while reading it.

copperx 7y ago
I'm now torn between reading this one first or the Architecture of Enterprise Applications.
- politician 7y ago
  If it helps, IMO "Designing Data-Intensive Applications" is a better bang-for-the-buck. Enterprise-scale applications are a world unto themselves.
- jb3689 7y ago
  I loved Designing Data-Intensive Applications. It gives you the reasons why NoSQL databases exist and the problems they solve. Moreover it gives you reasons to select one over another. It's really excellent and one of my top two CS books
  - mleonard 7y ago
    Your other top CS book out of interest?
- copperx 7y ago
  Edit: I meant Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture by Fowler in my comment above. Recommended by DHH.
  - louthy 7y ago
    My advice would be to skip it completely. It's just packed full of standard GoF OO dogma.
    - copperx 7y ago
      Thanks. So, what you're saying it is redundant if you've read GoF?
redisman 7y ago
It's great. Incredibly dense with useful information and it just blows my mind how much knowledge Martin has about the topic. I recommend watching this talk from him to give a little glimpse of the book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZjhNTM8XU8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZjhNTM8XU8 This is just about a little part of one of the chapters.
- mirekrusin 7y ago
  Oh man, this is good, thank you.
splittingTimes 7y ago
But this is mainly for distributed (web) systems, right? Are there good books for data intensive desktop apps? Like games or CAD design tools?