LONG-FORM / ENGINEERING

Articles.

Deeper explorations of the systems we build and the ideas behind them.

Sep 08, 2026
Understanding the LSM tree
evergreen
A write path built around sequential I/O — and the trade-offs that follow.
databasestorageinternals
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Sep 04, 2026
MySQL index design starts with the query
growing
Think in access paths, selectivity, and the rows you do not want to read.
mysqlbackendperformance
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