Foundations of Databases (1995)

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Post by harperlee » Wed, Apr 14, 2021, 4:22 PM UTC

Foundations of Databases (1995)
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Re: Foundations of Databases (1995)

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Post by anonymousDan » Wed, Apr 14, 2021, 5:13 PM UTC

Anyone recommend a good book specifically on distributed databases (not more general distributed systems stuff like e.g. klepmann's DDIA)?

Re: Foundations of Databases (1995)

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Post by decebalus1 » Wed, Apr 14, 2021, 5:29 PM UTC

anonymousDan wrote: post #2

Anyone recommend a good book specifically on distributed databases (not more general distributed systems stuff like e.g. klepmann's DDIA)?

Database Internals: A Deep Dive into How Distributed Data Systems Work by Alex Petrov

Re: Foundations of Databases (1995)

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Post by senthil_rajasek » Wed, Apr 14, 2021, 5:34 PM UTC

Previous hn post with comments

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19726520

Re: Foundations of Databases (1995)

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Post by ChrisArchitect » Wed, Apr 14, 2021, 5:51 PM UTC

(1995)

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Post by ExcavateGrandMa » Wed, Apr 14, 2021, 5:54 PM UTC

Behavior DB, let's call it that way :Ð

Re: Foundations of Databases (1995)

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Post by jkaptur » Wed, Apr 14, 2021, 5:55 PM UTC

anonymousDan wrote: post #2

Anyone recommend a good book specifically on distributed databases (not more general distributed systems stuff like e.g. klepmann's DDIA)?

In case someone isn't aware, Designing Data-Intensive Applications is a very good introduction to distributed databases, even if it doesn't specialize in them.

Re: Foundations of Databases (1995)

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Post by pcthrowaway » Wed, Apr 14, 2021, 6:03 PM UTC

anonymousDan wrote: post #2

Anyone recommend a good book specifically on distributed databases (not more general distributed systems stuff like e.g. klepmann's DDIA)?

Not a book, but the podcast series "Scaling Postgres" looks really good.

Re: Foundations of Databases (1995)

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Post by throwaway823882 » Wed, Apr 14, 2021, 6:25 PM UTC

anonymousDan wrote: post #2

Anyone recommend a good book specifically on distributed databases (not more general distributed systems stuff like e.g. klepmann's DDIA)?

Not a book, but I would add to the foreword: "Try not to use them."

Re: Foundations of Databases (1995)

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Post by macando » Wed, Apr 14, 2021, 6:40 PM UTC

It's incredible how little attention is paid to data modeling and querying in the education of people entering the software engineering workforce.

Getting your database model right, on the logical and physical level, will make developing and deploying any data-driven app simpler and easier. Getting it wrong? No modern programming language or architectural pattern will save you from the worst kinds of bugs, workarounds and bad performance.

Do yourself a favor and read this or any other legendary DB book.