Build Your Own Database From Scratch: Persistence, Indexing, Concurrency

by James Smith

Databases are not black boxes. Understand them by coding your own from scratch! A walkthrough of a minimal persistent database implementation. We start with a B-Tree, then add a new concept with each chapter, and eventually go from a simple KV to a mini relational DB. Covers three important

Genres: Programming

136 pages, Paperback

Published April 18, 2023

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Reviews

[Tom · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is so tersely written, it feels like only half done. It's like the author isn't guiding, just condescending 'you should just get it man, go take a course if you don't.' Also, 'this is left as an exercise' no.
Still, I did learn and understand some things that I hadn't appreciated before, so there is value.

[Susan Wen · Rating 3 out of 5]

The code is not the most clean and natural to golang. It feels like the author wrote the code in C originally and twisted golang into doing things c is good at.