We start our deep dive into Joe's favorite new book, Designing Data-Intensive Applications as Joe can't be stopped while running downhill, Michael might have a new spin on #fartgate, and Allen doesn't quite have a dozen tips this episode.
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Designing Data-Intensive Applications
About this book
What is a data-intensive application per the book?
Any application whose primary challenge is:
- The quantity of data.
- The complexity of the data.
- The speed at which the data is changing.
That's in contrast to applications that are compute intensive.
Buzzwords that seem to be synonymous with data-intensive
- NoSQL
- Message queues
- Caches
- Search indexes
- Batch / stream processing
This book is …
This book is NOT a tutorial on how to do data-intensive applications with a particular toolset or pure theory.
What the book IS:
- A study of successful data systems.
- A look into the tools / technologies that enable these data intensive systems to perform, scale, and be reliable in production environments
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