Did we really never blog about Building Scalable Web Sites, the book written by Flickr’s lead developer, Cal Henderson and published by O’Reilly last month? Really? Because if we didn’t, that was dumb,

Folks, this book occupies 9.2 x 7.0 x 0.7 inches of space and weighs a conveneint 15.68 ounces. More importantly, it contains a four page analogy between data layers and the English dessert known as Trifle. No other technology book has ever come close to acheiving such an extended and informative dessert-based exigetical conceit.

In all seriousness, Cal is one of the best software developers in the world, bar none, and he’s also great at explaining complex ideas in a clear way. If you’re interested in this stuff, there is no better book on the market today. Get it.