Email-based book club of 2,500+ members reading advanced software internals books like OSTEP, covering databases, distributed systems, and performance.
Key Takeaways
Currently reading Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces; past reads include Database Internals, Systems Performance, and The Art of Multiprocessor Programming.
300-800 members participate per book; discussion is async via Google Group, no video calls.
Book criteria: 350-550 pages, specific software topic, completable in ~3 months at 1-2 chapters/week.
Discussion leaders with diverse backgrounds facilitate each chapter; any member can volunteer to lead.
Future queue includes Designing Data-Intensive Applications (2nd Ed.), The Garbage Collection Handbook, and Readings in Database Systems.
