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Metadata is a blog that describes itself as being about distributed systems broadly defined and other curiosities. Much of it consists of the author's readings of research papers, summarized and discussed in plain language. A post from September 2026, for example, reviews a new paper that applies Sutton's Bitter Lesson to data agents and argues that researchers should build curated contextual information about the data environment instead of agent scaffolding. The blog is updated regularly, with several posts in August and September 2026. It is a good way for engineers to keep up with database and distributed systems research without reading every paper.
Marc Brooker’s blog is a personal technical blog where he shares in-depth insights and analyses on software engineering, distributed systems, databases, performance, and systems design based on his experience as an engineer at Amazon Web Services. The posts range from practical advice and career thoughts to deep dives into topics like consistency models, serverless systems, and research-driven engineering discussions, all written with clarity and rooted in real world practice.