Distributed Systems for Fun and Profit

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1. luciusdomitiusApr 2024
   https://book.mixu.net/distsys/ (Distributed systems: for fun and profit) you should definitely start nowhere but here. it is meant to be a getting started doc and does a great job in that.
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2. nvdnadj92Feb 2024
   The best introductory resource I have found in my career was: "Distributed Systems for Fun and Profit" by Mixu. It's about 50 pages long, and is broken down quite well.

   https://book.mixu.net/distsys/single-page.html

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3. vaughnegutOct 2023
   I went down the same rabbit hole not too long ago. My top two: 1. Distributed Systems for Fun and Profit [0]: Introduction to all the core concepts and (about as importantly) has a reading list you can use to learn more at the end of each chapter.

   2. MIT 6.5840 [1]: The MIT distributed systems class has links to all readings, lectures, and even assignments (openly available git repos you can clone). I worked my way through most of it and it was excellent. Read the paper, watch the video lecture (students in the videos asked good questions I would have wanted to ask), and do the assignments. It was far more approachable than I anticipated but very rigorous.

   Both are excellent. I did the first one and then most of the second and learned a lot. In either case, reading papers was really illuminating (especially when paired with the context form tje lecture or the book).

   [0] https://book.mixu.net/distsys/index.html [1] https://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.824/schedule.html

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4. jzelinskieApr 2023
   I think starting with books will help provide context and "the big picture" before jumping into the foundational papers.

   Lots of folks recommend mixu's book: http://book.mixu.net/distsys/single-page.html

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5. scyclowFeb 2021
   I've always been a fan of Distributed Systems for Fun and Profit: http://book.mixu.net/distsys/single-page.html

   This was the first article that really made it all click for me

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6. folexFeb 2021
   Strangely no mention of High Performance Browser Networking https://hpbn.co

   I also would mention Distributed systems for fun and profit http://book.mixu.net/distsys/ while being not exactly about network programming, it is likely a next step for anyone who's building apps that is scattered across several backends/services connected by the network

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