Episode · The Pragmatic Engineer · 2026-04-22
Gergely Orosz & Martin Kleppmann: books mentioned on The Pragmatic Engineer
Designing Data-intensive Applications with Martin Kleppmann
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Gergely Orosz discussed Designing Data-Intensive Applications by Martin Kleppmann.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Designing Data-Intensive Applications
Designing Data-Intensive Applications by Martin Kleppmann is widely regarded as an essential guide for engineers building large-scale back-end systems and distributed architectures.
Discussed“Designing data intensive applications has been the go-to book for anyone building large back-end systems. 9 years after publishing this book, the second edition is here. Martin Kleppmann is the author of this generational book.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“If you've read Designing Data-Intensive Applications, you know that building systems that scale is all about trade-offs, but one thing isn't a trade-off, that's enterprise features. The moment you land bigger customers, you need SSO, directory sync, R back, audit logs, all the things they expect out of the box.”