
Written by Michał Piotrowski2025-02-17
Review of “High Performance MySQL”
Book Review Article
Reading Time: 3 minutesDB-related knowledge in the current age seems to be polarized. On the one hand, ORMs’ (and other similar solutions) creators are trying to abstract away as much as possible. On the other hand – we have very specific use cases, where in-depth knowledge of DB configuration and performance is crucial. ‘High Performance MySQL’ is a

Written by Michał Piotrowski2024-07-12
“Designing Data Intensive Applications” by Martin Kleppmann
Book Review Article
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Designing Data Intensive Applications” book by Martin Kleppmann is seen as a kind of the bible today. Unless you’re squezzing every CPU cycle, fine-tuning embedded C compilers, or working on the next AAA hit – this book must have caught your attention before. To be perfectly honest – I have read that book before. However, it was