From 3422541b9abb343fe466b488b7c2dbc1fbf173ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: EuAndreh Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2020 00:01:05 -0300 Subject: WIP Database Internals review --- .../2020-02-20-book-review-database-internals.md | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+) create mode 100644 _posts/2020-02-20-book-review-database-internals.md (limited to '_posts') diff --git a/_posts/2020-02-20-book-review-database-internals.md b/_posts/2020-02-20-book-review-database-internals.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..713c57b --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2020-02-20-book-review-database-internals.md @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +--- +title: Book review: "Database Internals" +date: 2020-02-20 +layout: post +lang: en +ref: book-review-database-internals +--- +I'm now reading the "Database Internals" book, by Alex Petrov. I'm liking it a +lot, and I have a similar feeling at the end of each chapter of when I was +reading "Designing Data-Intensive Applications": each chapter has some +references to other books, articles and resources, and I feel like I should go +and reach all of them to have a deeper understanding of the subject. + +It gives just enough historical background in the text itself to show that the +author does have knowledge in this area. + +# Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview + +The covering of basic vocabulary (column vs wide-column) is very good and +straightforward, and the fundamental trade-offs are shown very clearly, like +in-memory and disk-based storage, primary-keys and offset lookups, etc. + +Finishing this chapter I was happy with it's content and looking forward for a +more in-depth tour of many of the concepts presented here. -- cgit v1.2.3