# heathermiller/dist-prog-book

Repository: https://github.com/heathermiller/dist-prog-book
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dist-prog-book
Language: CSS
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2021-02-09T05:50:57+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3608, "days_push": 2031, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3425, forks 269 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:03.931604+00:00)

## What it is
An open-source book, 'Programming Models for Distributed Computation', written by Heather Miller and students from a Northeastern University course. It covers programming constructs for distributed systems, from RPC, futures, and actors to large-scale frameworks like MapReduce and Spark, exploring consistency, availability, and fault tolerance.

## Use cases
- learn programming models for distributed systems
- understand RPC, futures, and actors
- study consistency and CRDTs
- learn how MapReduce and Spark work
- find a distributed systems textbook
- study fault tolerance from a programming perspective

## When to choose
- you want a free, open-access educational resource on distributed programming models
- you are a student or instructor in a distributed systems course
- you want to understand both small-scale primitives (RPC, futures) and large-scale frameworks (MapReduce, Spark)

## When to avoid
- you need a finished, polished book with a proper index page
- you need a hands-on tool or framework rather than educational material
- you need up-to-date coverage of modern distributed systems technologies

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: documentation, rpc, concurrency, message-queue, workflow-automation
- domain: microservices, programming-languages, tutorials, developer-tools
- platform: jvm, python, rust, cpp, go, ruby
- tags: distributed-computing, textbook, jekyll, open-access-book, futures-and-promises, actors, mapreduce, spark, consistency, crdts, fault-tolerance, cap-theorem, streaming, batch-processing, web-server

## Member repositories
- heathermiller/dist-prog-book (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:03.931604+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:38:04.402112+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/heathermiller/dist-prog-book (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:03.931604+00:00, sha 9dcf5a699a44)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.