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General

• The Three Golden Rules for Successful Scientific Research by Edsger W. Dijkstra
• How to Read a Paper by Srinivasan Keshav
• How to Read a Research Paper by Michael Mitzenmacher and Norman Ramsey
• How (And How Not) to Write a Good Systems Paper by Roy Levin and David D. Redell
• Writing Reviews for Systems Conferences by Timothy Roscoe
• Cultivating Your Research Taste by Nick Feamster
• John Ousterhout’s Collection of Favorite Sayings
• Hints on Doing Research by Srinivasan Keshav
• How To Have A Bad Career in Research/Academia by David A. Patterson

Systems & Networking

• Hints for Computer Systems Design by Butler W. Lampson
• The Rise of Worse is Better by Richard P. Gabriel
• End-To-End Arguments in System Design by Jerome H. Saltzer, David P. Reed, David Clark
• Systems Benchmarking Crimes by Gernot Heiser
• Computer System Design Principles by Jerry Saltzer
• Notes on Distributed Systems for Young Bloods by Jeff Hodges
• Empirical Evaluation Guidelines by ACM SIGPLAN

Writing

• The Science of Scientific Writing by George D. Gopen and Judith A. Swan
• The Element of Style by William Strunk Jr and E. B. White
• Tips and Guidance for Students Writing Papers and Reports by Gernot Heiser
• Latex Usage Notes by Eddie Kohler

I am a big fan of zettelkasten (used by German sociologist Niklas Luhmann) and I am using Craft to implement it.

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