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1. twoodfinMay 2023
   A few that stick in my brain from 20 years ago:

   Introduction to the Theory of Computation by Michael Sipser

   The classic Hennessy and Patterson: Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach

   Gray & Reuter: Transaction Processing: Concepts and Techniques

   I also think the Gang of Four book always was and still is a tremendously useful read.

   & SICP, natch.

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2. cafardDec 2022
   Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach by Hennessey and Patterson.

   Transaction Processing: Principles and Techniques by Gray and Reuter.

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3. twoodfinSep 2022
   “Transaction Processing: Concepts and Techniques” by Jim Gray & Andreas Reuter. Rightly the Bible of database systems.
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4. cafardDec 2021
   Operating Systems: Design and Implementation by Andrew Tanenbaum

   Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach by Hennessy and Patterson

   An Introduction to Database Systems by C.J. Date Transaction Processing: Principles and Techniques by Gray and Reuter

   Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation by Hopcroft and Ullman

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5. ogazittOct 2021
   Maybe I'm old-school, but the most impactful books for me: * Operating Systems Concepts: Silberschatz et al * Compilers: Aho, Sethi, Ullman ("the dragon book") * Transaction Processing: Jim Gray * Applied Cryptography: Bruce Schneier * Computer Graphics: Foley / van Dam
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6. bigbizisverywyzSep 2021
   >Sending multiple queries from your web server will likely put more load on the database server than using a stored procedure.

   Lots of people seem to not realize that db roundtrips are expensive, and should be avoided whenever possible.

   One of the best illustrations of this I've found is in Transaction Processing book by Jim Gray and Andreas Reuters where they illustrate the relative cost of getting data from CPU vs CPU cache vs RAM vs cross host query.

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