Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderI find "distributed systems" to be a huge source of imposter syndrome. Despite having worked almost exclusively with distributed applications for several years now, it is difficult to consider myself experienced. When I'm asked if I've worked with distributed systems, I don't think they are asking me if I've managed a Hadoop cluster. They are interested in building new applications using some of the primitives discussed in this post. All of these links are great, but the fact is that…
This list looks a bit dated, I'd recommend Heidi Howard's Distributed Consensus Reading List https://github.com/heidihoward/distributed-consensus-reading...
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 766
- Total comments
- 85
100+ points or 50+ comments
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-04-06 | A Distributed Systems Reading List | r4um | 4 | 0 |
| 2014-05-09 | Distributed system reading list | JSno | 1 | 0 |
| 2016-02-24 | Distributed Systems Reading List | kercker | 5 | 0 |
| 2017-06-14 | Distributed Systems Reading List | rajathagasthya | 3 | 0 |
| 2018-04-03 | A Distributed Systems Reading List | yarapavan | 3 | 0 |
| 2018-07-11 | Distributed Systems Reading List | h43k3r | 3 | 0 |
| 2020-12-06 | Distributed Systems Reading ListFirst breakout · Best thread | dedalus | 554 | 76 |
| 2024-10-19 | A Distributed Systems Reading List (2014)Hall induction · Latest 20+ point return | udev4096 | 193 | 9 |