Facebook Messages Architecture

https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-engineering/scaling-the-messages-application-back-end/10150148835363920#

CQRS explained

A good (although older) post, which explains CQRS nicely: http://www.udidahan.com/2009/12/09/clarified-cqrs/  Try to think outside the "layered box" in order to understand CQRS.

Dan North, another Agile talk

good, as usual:  http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Agile-Operations-Optimizing-Business

How organizational structure impacts architecture

Melvin Conway was a computer engineer back in 1968, but I find his observations from back then, all so true today: http://www.code-muse.com/blog/?p=7

Also, if you've heard of Craig Larman (I've heard of him because of one of his earlier books - "Applying UML and Patterns"), then I highly recommend watching: http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Large-Multisite-or-Offshore-Delivery. Don't be mislead by the title - it's more about how you should structure your team(s)/organization for proper software development work.

Scaling explained

http://tinyurl.com/3na6aqs

Memory Leaks in Java

Good post about the different types of memory leaks which you should be aware of: http://blog.dynatrace.com/2011/04/20/the-top-java-memory-problems-part-1/

How not to scale

Brilliant short presentation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPG4sK_glls&feature=youtu.be