Subtitle: Core Principles and Case Studies

Author: Li Zhihui

Publisher: Publishing House of Electronics Industry

Year: 2013-9-1

ISBN: 9787121212000

Notes:

Without business demand for technology, you cannot cultivate an outstanding architect.
The author grew up alongside Taobao’s business growth.
The book explains the key technical points of website architecture mainly from several aspects: system performance, availability, scalability, extensibility, and security.
At the same time, drawing on architecture cases such as Taobao and Wikipedia, it analyzes the technical challenges and the strategies for meeting them.
Finally, it points out the path of growth for architects who feel lost.
In its content it takes the high-level view, and is very well suited to developers.
For some of the scenarios mentioned in the book, if you have never encountered them, it may be hard to resonate with the author.
This is a book that stays fresh on every rereading and yields something new each time.