Reliability, Scalability, and Maintainability - Designing Data-Intensive Applications by Martin Kleppman
Podcast:Book Overflow Published On: Mon Jan 19 2026 Description: In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan begin discussing Designing Data-Intensive Application by Martin Kleppman!Join the official Book Overflow Discord! -- Want to talk with Carter or Nathan? Book a coaching session! ------------------------------------------------------------Carterhttps://www.joinleland.com/coach/carter-m-1Nathanhttps://www.joinleland.com/coach/nathan-t-2-- Books Mentioned in this Episode --Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.----------------------------------------------------------Designing Data-Intensive Application by Martin Kleppman!https://amzn.to/3LNwzSK00:00 Intro02:04 About the Book and Author06:31 Initial Thoughts on DDIA16:39 Reliability, Scalability, and Maintainability21:45 The Twitter Scalability Problem33:52 Maintainability and AI-Generated Code37:31 Data Models and Query Languages47:20 LLMs as CNC Machines for Engineers54:40 Storage Engines and Indexing58:35 OLTP vs OLAP1:05:08 Encoding and Evolution1:13:16 Final Thoughts----------------Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5kj6DLCEWR5nHShlSYJI5LApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/book-overflow/id1745257325X: https://x.com/bookoverflowpodCarter on X: https://x.com/cartermorganNathan's Functionally Imperative: www.functionallyimperative.com----------------Book Overflow is a podcast for software engineers, by software engineers dedicated to improving our craft by reading the best technical books in the world. Join Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups as they read and discuss a new technical book each week!The full book schedule and links to every major podcast player can be found at https://www.bookoverflow.io