Performance Modeling and Design of Computer Systems

At first I was going to say "there are too many good ones and I can't pick out a favourite." But then I looked at the list and there is one clear favourite among many very good ones: Performance Modeling and Design of Computer Systems. Queueing theory is probably one of the most useful subjects of all time, for just about any human. This book teaches it in a way that made it extremely easy for me to grok.

This is a very good list. Adrian's blog is, particularly, a treasure. I wrote this post a while ago, aiming to answer a similar question about finding paper: http://brooker.co.za/blog/2020/05/25/reading.html One key point there is that there are, in my mind, multiple 'modes' of reading, and I like to use different approaches to finding material for different modes. Those blogs you list are great for curiosity mode. Another great resource there is Twitter: following distributed systems practitioners and researchers, and seeing what they tweet about. When I read a (recent) paper I really like, I often see if the authors are active on Twitter and follow them there if they are.…