>>14242481Shannon's thesis made me realize how much we really take for granted.
The papers I've read are largely in computer systems. The ones I like from the top of my head are:
I also like the papers on Raft, DCTCP, ZFS, Zookeeper, End-To-End Arguments in Systems, O(1) LFU Cache, Time, Clocks and the Ordering of Events, Chord, Reflections on Trusting Trust, Solaris Zones, The Slab Allocator, The Unix Timesharing System, The Role of Compactness in Analysis, PRIMES in P, On the Number of Primes Less Than a Given Magnitude