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📘 Kick-off a new book

Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Let's kick off the new year with a fresh book. This serves as a placeholder for initiating the new book. We will be voting to select in the coming days.

🎙️ LightningTalk: From Backend Engineer to AI Engineer:

Wednesday, December 18, 2024
I will share my journey since switching teams last year. I moved from a more traditional backend role to working as an AI Engineer. 

Past Events

💬 Open debate - Growth Mindset

Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Let's come together and discuss the concept of Growth Mindset. 

This mindset encourages us to embrace challenges, learn from criticism, and persist in facing setbacks. By having a Growth Mindset, we can unlock our potential and inspire those around us to do the same. 

The Art of Readable Code - Section 4

Wednesday, November 27, 2024

The Art of Readable Code - Section 3

Wednesday, November 20, 2024

The Art of Readable Code - Section 2

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

The Art of Readable Code - Section 2

Thursday, November 7, 2024

The Art of Readable Code - Section 1

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

The Art of Readable Code - Kick off

Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Remote Coffee

Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Before we start with the new book, let's catch up and drink a remote coffee together. 

The Staff Engineer's Path - Chapter 8 & 9

Wednesday, September 25, 2024
These are the last two chapters of the book.

The Staff Engineer's Path - Chapter 7

Thursday, September 19, 2024

The Staff Engineer's Path - Chapter 6

Thursday, September 5, 2024

The Staff Engineer's Path - Chapter 5

Thursday, August 29, 2024

The Staff Engineer's Path - Chapter 4

Thursday, August 22, 2024

The Staff Engineer's Path - Chapter 3

Thursday, August 15, 2024

The Staff Engineer's Path - Chapter 1 and 2

Wednesday, August 7, 2024

The Staff Engineer's Path - Intro

Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Looking to extend your skills and explore the options to become a Staff Engineer? Join us in reading this guide by Tanya Reilly

This first catch-up will introduce the book and what we can expect. Feel free to start reading the introduction and first chapter. 

Coffee Chat

Wednesday, July 17, 2024

System Design Interview - Chapter 6: Design a key-value store

Wednesday, July 10, 2024
A key-value store, also referred to as a key-value database, is a non-relational database. Each unique identifier is stored as a key with its associated value. This data pairing is known as a “key-value” pair. 

In this session, we will cover how to design this system for scale. 

🎙️ LightningTalk: A Reflection on 11 Books from the 2024 1st Semester

Thursday, July 4, 2024
Come join us for our first-ever Lightning Talk in the Engineering Book Club. In this session, I will share my learnings and motivations from the eleven books that I have read this year. 

Grokking Concurrency - Part III

Wednesday, July 3, 2024

🎙️ LightningTalk: My experience with Jet Brains Academy as a learning platform for developers

Thursday, June 27, 2024

🎙️ LightningTalk: My experience with Jet Brains Academy as a learning platform for developers

Thursday, June 27, 2024

System Design Interview - Chapter 5: Design Consistent Hashing

Wednesday, June 26, 2024
To achieve horizontal scaling, it is important to distribute requests/data efficiently and evenly across servers. Consistent hashing is a commonly used technique to achieve this goal. 

Join us to discuss how to design this system from scratch. 

Grokking Concurrency - Part III

Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Grokking Concurrency - Part III

Wednesday, June 5, 2024

Grokking Concurrency - Part II

Wednesday, May 22, 2024

System Design Interview - Chapter 4: Design a rate limiter

Wednesday, May 15, 2024
In this meetup, we will cover Chapter 4 from the System Design Interviews and discuss the RateLimitter exercise. This is a really popular exercise in big companies, so it's a good starting point for warming up for what's coming next.

Coffee Chat

Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Hey there! Join us for an informal coffee chat. 

Grokking Concurrency - Part I

Wednesday, May 8, 2024

System Design Interview - Initial catch-up

Thursday, May 2, 2024
We will cover the first three chapters and discuss what we expect from this book.

Grokking Concurrency - Initial catch-up

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Fireside Chat with Roberto Vitillo

Thursday, April 18, 2024
As a final event for Understanding Distributed System, we will host a fireside chat with Roberto Vitillo. We will discuss the motivations for writing the book and the process, but we will also have time for questions and final thoughts. 

Escaping the Build Trap - Parts III & IV

Monday, April 15, 2024

Understanding Distributed Systems - Maintainability

Thursday, April 4, 2024

Escaping the Build Trap - Parts I and II

Monday, March 25, 2024

Understanding Distributed Systems - Resiliency

Thursday, March 21, 2024

Understanding Distributed Systems - Scalability

Thursday, March 7, 2024

Understanding Distributed Systems - Chapters 18-23

Thursday, February 22, 2024

The New Turing Omnibus - Chapters 21-30

Thursday, February 15, 2024

Understanding Distributed Systems - Chapters 14-18

Thursday, February 8, 2024

Understanding Distributed Systems - Chapters 14-18

Thursday, February 8, 2024

The New Turing Omnibus - Chapters 11-21

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

The New Turing Omnibus - Chapters 11-21

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Understanding Distributed Systems - Chapters 8-13

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Understanding Distributed Systems - Chapters 8-13

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

The New Turing Omnibus - Until chapter 10

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

The New Turing Omnibus - Until chapter 10

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Coffee Chat - Happy 2024

Wednesday, January 10, 2024
Hey folks! Happy New Year! 

We are back after the Christmas break! Let's join together in a coffee chat to talk about books, new year challenges and goals, and much more... 

This is going to be an open event, so I will send it to our newsletter subscribers as well. 

Coffee Chat - Happy 2024

Wednesday, January 10, 2024
Hey folks! Happy New Year! 

We are back after the Christmas break! Let's join together in a coffee chat to talk about books, new year challenges and goals, and much more... 

This is going to be an open event, so I will send it to our newsletter subscribers as well. 

Coffee Chat

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Coffee Chat

Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Database Internals - End of the book

Thursday, December 14, 2023

Understanding Distributed Systems - Until Chapter 8

Wednesday, December 13, 2023

The New Turing Omnibus - Chapter 6

Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Understanding Distributed Systems - Until Chapter 7

Wednesday, November 29, 2023

The New Turing Omnibus - Until Chapter 5

Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Understanding Distributed Systems - Chapters 1, 2 & 3

Wednesday, November 15, 2023
This is the first catch-up organized for this book. We will discuss the first three chapters.

The New Turing Omnibus

Thursday, November 2, 2023