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Distributed systems readings
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Re: Distributed systems readings
#12This might be very useful: http://henryr.github.io/distributed-systems-readings/
Re: Distributed systems readings
#13As a supplement to these I would also recommend checking out the lecture notes for 15-440, the intro distributed systems class. I took it spring of 2013 and thought it gave me a really good grounding in the material. http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/course/15-440-f14/index/lecture_in...
Yup, thats one course I wanted to take but could not. Would be great if cmu could give access to class video lectures.
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#14The main webpage (and the links from that) will give more context on how the readings were chosen - https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/course/15-749/ . On a separate note, it is always great to see Satya's courses in the news.
I agree. He's probably one of the best teachers, can explain difficult concepts in very simple terms.
Re: Distributed systems readings
#15The main webpage (and the links from that) will give more context on how the readings were chosen - https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/course/15-749/ . On a separate note, it is always great to see Satya's courses in the news.
Yeah, this is a surprise and awesome :-)
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#16Is there a more user friendly and hand holding way to learn about distributed systems?
Such as a good video lecture series?
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#17Some more great resources: This is a list of many of the most influential white papers: http://christophermeiklejohn.com/distributed/systems/2013/07... This is an associated podcast: http://thinkdistributed.io/ This is mixu's book on distributed systems: http://book.mixu.net/distsys/single-page.html This is the MIT reading list: http://courses.csail.mit.edu/6.852/05/papers/
mixu's book turned out to be a gem. He does a wonderful job of what he claims in the introduction:
I've tried to provide a more accessible introduction to distributed systems. To me, that means two things: introducing the key concepts that you will need in order to have a good time reading more serious texts, and providing a narrative that covers things in enough detail that you get a gist of what's going on without getting stuck on details.