Computer Scientist and Author
Martin Kleppmann is a British computer scientist, associate professor at the University of Cambridge, and author of the bestselling Designing Data Intensive Applications. He co founded Rapportive, which was acquired by LinkedIn in 2012, and researches distributed systems and local first collaboration software.
by Martin Kleppmann
Kleppmann provides a rigorous map of technologies behind reliable, scalable data systems, from storage engines to stream processing. The focus is trade-offs, not product picks.
The books Martin Kleppmann references, cites, and recommends most frequently.
by Robert C. Martin
Martin argues that code is read far more often than written. Clean code, with clear names, small functions, and minimal dependencies, is a professional responsibility, not a luxury.
by Frederick Brooks
Brooks argues that adding more programmers to a late project makes it later - a principle now known as Brooks' Law. The deeper insight: software complexity grows faster than headcount, making communication the real bottleneck.
Who Martin draws from, and who draws from Martin — aggregated across every book in this collection. Counts show the number of citation links, not the depth of each one.