Thanks for the advice and the links! Also, I came across a book called Designing Data Intensive Applications. It was very highly rated on Amazon and on HN as we

Thanks for the advice and the links! Also, I came across a book called Designing Data Intensive Applications. It was very highly rated on Amazon and on HN as well. Do you think it would help me? It explained a lot of concepts but after reading for a while, I found myself not following it. So, I decided to tackle each topic from scratch.