Tag: performance
After the wonderful feedback on the previous blog about Iceberg - it is now time to switch gears. Databases are more than row storage engines. They are algorithm machines, helping that...
I have been spending a lot of time thinking about testing and reviewing testing lately. At a superficial level - testing looks simple: Write test matrix, code tests, run tests, learn we...
Transaction logs. Why are they so important and why are they so hard to make?
In our previous blogs, we have visited the idea that "databases are just loops". At this point, my dear readers may rightfully ask: "if those database are indeed just -...
Our database journey makes a brief stop. We need to appreciate an important design decision every database must make: Should I use row or batch execution? Depending on the database - or...
In my previous post - I introduced the idea that you can think of database queries as a series of loops. Let me take this ideas even further - introducing more complex database concepts in...