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598 points by tim_sw | 86 comments
Blog post by James Smith announcing completion of the "Build Your Own Database" book, explaining why learning database internals from scratch matters.
353 points by tosh | 115 comments
A blog post by Nikolas Göbel discussing how DuckDB can act as a database without storing data itself, querying external data sources directly.
441 points by gempir | 170 comments
Engineer's Codex newsletter post explaining how Apple uses Cassandra and FoundationDB to power CloudKit and store billions of iCloud databases.
386 points by not_a_boat | 48 comments
Blog post from build-your-own.org arguing complex software like databases can be learned by building a small version, introducing a 3000-line, zero-dependency database.
353 points by tosh | 115 comments
A blog post by Nikolas Göbel discussing how DuckDB can act as a database without storing data itself, querying external data sources directly.
380 points by yarapavan | 109 comments
Blog post by Matt Blewitt recommending seven database technologies to study for a week each in 2025, including Postgres, SQLite, DuckDB, ClickHouse, and others.
318 points by adamfeldman | 303 comments
Red Planet Labs blog post by Nathan Marz arguing that traditional databases impose needless complexity and that newer approaches make it unnecessary.
387 points by taubek | 296 comments
A blog post by Maciej Walkowiak discussing the use of UUIDs as primary keys in PostgreSQL, including storage and performance considerations, with Java examples.
640 points by viveknathani_ | 173 comments
Andy Pavlo's annual blog post reviewing the major trends and happenings in the database industry during 2025.