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Designing Data-Intensive Applications
The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems
2nd Edition · Martin Kleppmann & Chris Riccomini · O'Reilly
ISBN 978-1-098-11906-3
Week
Reading
Meeting 1
06/21/2026
Preface
Chapter 1: Trade-Offs in Data Systems Architecture
pp. xvii–33