Minimalist Nordic Beamer Lecture

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A minimalist Nordic-palette lecture in 16:9 Beamer on distributed systems: the CAP theorem and PACELC, fallacies of distributed computing, caching patterns and a case study.

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Document class: beamer [aspectratio=169, 10pt]
Compiles with: pdfLaTeX
Pages in the compiled PDF: 16
Bibliography: None
Files: 2 files: 1 .tex, 1 image
Packages: inputenc
amsmath
amssymb
amsfonts
graphicx
booktabs
colortbl
array
tabularx
tikz
tcolorbox
fontawesome5

The start of the preamble of main.tex, from its \documentclass line.

\documentclass[aspectratio=169, 10pt]{beamer}

% --- PACKAGES ---
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{amsmath, amssymb, amsfonts}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{colortbl}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{positioning, calc, shapes.geometric, backgrounds, patterns, fit}
\usepackage[many]{tcolorbox}
\usepackage{fontawesome5}

% --- NORDIC COLOR PALETTE ---
\definecolor{NordicDark}{HTML}{1E293B}   % Deep Slate / Midnight
\definecolor{NordicNavy}{HTML}{0F172A}   % Dark Blue-Gray
\definecolor{NordicBlue}{HTML}{2563EB}   % Cobalt Ice Accent
\definecolor{NordicLightBlue}{HTML}{DBEAFE} % Soft Ice Tint
\definecolor{NordicTeal}{HTML}{0D9488}   % Nordic Fjord Teal
\definecolor{NordicSage}{HTML}{10B981}   % Fresh Scandinavian Pine
\definecolor{NordicBg}{HTML}{F8FAFC}     % Off-white Snow Background
\definecolor{NordicCard}{HTML}{F1F5F9}   % Soft Neutral Card
\definecolor{NordicBorder}{HTML}{E2E8F0} % Subtle Divider Border
\definecolor{NordicGray}{HTML}{64748B}   % Muted Text Gray
\definecolor{NordicText}{HTML}{0F172A}   % Primary Text Dark

% --- BEAMER THEME & SETUP ---
\mode<presentation>
\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}
\setbeamercolor{background canvas}{bg=NordicBg}
\setbeamercolor{normal text}{fg=NordicText}
\setbeamercolor{structure}{fg=NordicBlue}

% Itemize Bullet Styling
\setbeamertemplate{itemize item}{\color{NordicBlue}\small$\blacksquare$}
\setbeamertemplate{itemize subitem}{\color{NordicTeal}\scriptsize$\bullet$}
\setbeamertemplate{itemize subsubitem}{\color{NordicGray}\tiny$\bullet$}

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