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TOAST table in Postgres TOAST Table in PostgreSQL TOAST (The Oversized-Attribute Storage Technique) is a mechanism used by PostgreSQL to efficiently store large data types (such as large text fie...

PostgreSQL Process Architecture PostgreSQL Process Architecture Creating a listener on the backend application that accepts connections is simple. You listen on an address-port pair, connection...

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Postgres Locks — A Deep Dive Hussein Nasser A VACUUM full can block a select, we will learn how and why in this blog and much more I used to think database locks are two types, shared and ex...

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How Shopify’s engineering improved database writes by 50% with ULID https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f53-Iw_5ucA Use Idempotency Keys Distributed systems use unreliable networks, even if the netw...

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Database Engine Fundamentals What is a Database Engine? Library that takes care of the on-disk storage and CRUD operations Can be as simple as a key-value store Or as rich and ...