Introduction
Reading technical books alone is hard. You start strong, life gets in the way, and the book ends up collecting dust somewhere around chapter 4.
The Reading Room is a community book club inside The Coder Cafe. We read together, at a sustainable pace, and discuss as we go.
How it Works
One chapter every one to two weeks, depending on its length. No live calls, no homework. After each chapter, a discussion thread opens in a dedicated channel on the community Discord where we can share what resonated, ask questions, or just say we made it through.
Schedule
Designing Data-Intensive Applications, 2nd Edition:
Chapter 1: From May 4 2026 to May 17 2026
Chapter 2: From May 18 2026 to May 31 2026
Chapter 3: From June 1 2026 to June 14 2026
Chapter 4: From June 15 2026 to June 28 2026
Chapter 5: From June 29 2026 to July 12 2026
Chapter 6: From July 13 2026 to July 26 2026
Chapter 7: From July 27 2026 to August 9 2026
Chapter 8: From August 10 2026 to August 23 2026
Chapter 9: From August 24 2026 to September 6 2026
Chapter 10: From September 7 2026 to September 20 2026
Chapter 11: From September 21 2026 to October 4 2026
Chapter 12: From October 5 2026 to October 18 2026
Chapter 13: From October 19 2026 to November 1 2026
Chapter 14: From November 2 2026 to November 15 2026