# facundoolano/software-papers

📚 A curated list of papers for Software Engineers

Repository: https://github.com/facundoolano/software-papers
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/software-papers
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: computer-science, papers, research, software-engineering, awesome-list
Last push: 2026-05-07T13:58:35+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 69/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 81, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1522, "days_push": 118, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6578, forks 337 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:45.382250+00:00)

## What it is
A curated list of influential academic papers for software engineers, organized by topic from early programming history to modern systems. It serves as a reading guide for students and professionals interested in foundational computer science literature.

## Use cases
- find classic computer science papers to read
- build a software engineering reading curriculum
- discover foundational papers on programming and systems
- prepare for software engineering interviews with classic literature
- explore the history of computing through original papers
- find research papers on distributed systems and databases

## When to choose
- you want a curated, topic-organized list of seminal software engineering papers
- you are a student or self-learner building foundational CS knowledge
- you want links to freely accessible paper PDFs

## When to avoid
- you need tutorials or hands-on coding exercises rather than academic papers
- you need up-to-date research from recent conference proceedings
- you want video courses or interactive learning materials

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: documentation, developer-tools
- domain: tutorials, awesome-lists, developer-tools, education
- platform: -
- tags: curated-list, academic-papers, computer-science, software-engineering, reading-list, web-server

## Member repositories
- facundoolano/software-papers (main) score 69

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:45.382250+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 2026-08-29T17:43:36.899123+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/facundoolano/software-papers (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:45.382250+00:00, sha e9274093ffe4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.