The Reading Room

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