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Time is an Illusion - Designing Data-Intensive Applications by Martin Kleppman

February 02, 2026 01:22:00 13.4 MB ( 65.31 MB less) Downloads: 0

In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan continue discussing Designing Data-Intensive Application by Martin Kleppman!


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Designing Data-Intensive Application by Martin Kleppman

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00:00 Intro

05:44 About the Book and Author

07:23 Initial Thoughts on DDIA Part 3

14:03 The Trouble with Distributed Systems

31:47 Byzantine Fault Tolerance

37:35 Consistency and Consensus

53:03 Batch Processing and the Unix Philosophy

1:10:55 Hot Takes and Book Recommendations

1:15:07 Final Thoughts


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