There are truly systems that are so elegant that they feel natural, just right. Functional programming patterns are one of these. Additionally to the papers yo

There are truly systems that are so elegant that they feel natural, just right. Functional programming patterns are one of these. Additionally to the papers you mentioned, there is the paper Amazon published on Dynamo, which also spawned Cassandra and Riak, marvels of modern engineering. Here is a link: http://www.allthingsdistributed.com/files/amazon-dynamo-sosp2007.pdf http://www.allthingsdistributed.com/files/amazon-dynamo-sosp... I'd advise you to read Hacker's Delight (http://www.amazon.com/dp/0321842685 http://www.amazon.com/dp/0321842685). It's a tough read, but there's so much to learn in there!