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Designing Data-Intensive Applications

The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems
Book • 2017
This book helps software engineers and architects understand the pros and cons of various technologies for storing and processing data.

It covers fundamental principles, trade-offs, and design decisions in data systems, including scalability, consistency, reliability, efficiency, and maintainability.

The book delves into distributed systems research, the architecture of data systems, and how to make informed decisions about different tools and technologies.

It does not provide detailed instructions on specific software packages but focuses on the underlying principles and trade-offs essential for designing data-intensive applications.

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