Research Papers
The papers that sharpened how I think
Foundational engineering papers with notes, context, and the practical takeaways that still matter.
Google, 2003Coming soon
The Google File System (GFS)
Learn how Google manages large-scale distributed file systems. This is the foundation paper for distributed storage.
Google, 2004Available
MapReduce: Simplified Data Processing
Understand large-scale data computations and how this paper started the Hadoop revolution.
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Google, 2015Coming soon
Borg: Large-Scale Cluster Management
Learn how Google manages distributed jobs and consistency. This is the foundation for Kubernetes.
Amazon, 2007Coming soon
Dynamo: Amazon's Highly Available Key-Value Store
Explore Amazon's key-value store architecture for high availability.
Google, 2006Coming soon
The Chubby Lock Service
Learn about distributed locks and Google's approach to resource coordination.
Google, 2012Coming soon
Spanner: Google's Globally-Distributed Database
Understand distributed SQL and Google's approach to data consistency.
Google, 2006Coming soon
BigTable: A Distributed Storage System
Dive into Google's distributed storage model for structured data.