Interesting Articles
Research papers and articles I've referenced or found particularly insightful.
The Economics of Healthcare Rationing
Michael Frakes, Matthew Frank, Kyle Rozema (2015) - SSRN (Free)
This comprehensive analysis examines the economics of healthcare rationing decisions, including cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis. The paper explores how economic analyses inform healthcare coverage decisions and discusses practical and conceptual challenges that span both economics and ethics in healthcare resource allocation.
The Twelve-Factor App Methodology
Adam Wiggins (2017) - Heroku (Always Free)
A methodology for building software-as-a-service applications that are portable, scalable, and maintainable. These twelve principles have become fundamental guidelines for modern application development, covering everything from configuration management to process scaling.
The System Design Primer
Donne Martin (2024) - GitHub (Open Source)
A comprehensive resource for learning system design concepts with examples, diagrams, and exercises. This repository covers everything from scalability principles to distributed systems architecture, making complex topics accessible through clear explanations and visual aids.
Functional Data Engineering — A Modern Paradigm
Maxime Beauchemin (2016) - Medium (Free)
Written by the creator of Apache Airflow, this article outlines principles for building reliable, testable data pipelines. It introduces concepts like idempotency, immutability, and functional programming principles applied to data engineering, which have become foundational to modern data pipeline design.
Apache Airflow Documentation
Apache Airflow Community (2024) - Apache Foundation (Free)
Comprehensive documentation for Apache Airflow, the leading open-source platform for developing, scheduling, and monitoring workflows. Essential reading for understanding modern data orchestration patterns and best practices in pipeline automation.
Building Microservices: Designing Fine-Grained Systems
Sam Newman (2021) - O'Reilly (Free Chapter)
A foundational guide to microservices architecture patterns and practices. This resource covers service decomposition, data management, testing strategies, and deployment approaches that are crucial for building scalable healthcare data platforms.
High Performance Browser Networking
Ilya Grigorik (2013) - Google (Free Online)
A comprehensive guide to network performance optimization and web protocols. Essential for understanding the networking fundamentals that underpin modern cloud-based healthcare data exchange systems and API integrations.
The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win
Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford (2018) - IT Revolution (Sample Chapters Free)
A business novel that illustrates DevOps principles and practices through a compelling story. Demonstrates how to transform IT operations and improve business outcomes through better collaboration, automation, and continuous improvement practices.
Designing Data-Intensive Applications
Martin Kleppmann (2017) - O'Reilly (Free Excerpts)
A deep dive into the fundamentals of data systems design, covering storage engines, replication, partitioning, and distributed systems concepts. Essential reading for anyone building robust data platforms in healthcare or other critical domains.
Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems
Betsy Beyer, Chris Jones, Jennifer Petoff, Niall Richard Murphy (2016) - Google (Free Online)
Google's comprehensive guide to Site Reliability Engineering practices, covering monitoring, alerting, capacity planning, and incident response. Invaluable for maintaining reliable healthcare data systems that require high availability and fault tolerance.