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Re: Database Internals

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Post by zerr »

travisjeffery wrote: post #11
burlesona wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you wanted to build your own database (to learn how), is Database Internals the better book, or DDIA?

I'm currently writing a book for PragProg called Building Distributed Services with Go (though it mostly applies to other languages too) that's walks you through building a distributed database from scratch. You can sign up on this mailing list to know when it's available: https://travisjeffery.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=1e3ff7...

Do you have an experience or learning along writing? (also a legit/common way)

Re: Database Internals

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Post by Stratoscope »

ifesdjeen wrote: post #20
_y5hn wrote: post #19

Grey text on white background => almost unreadable on my screen and I don't usually have problems with low contrast.

Author here. Thanks for the heads up, it did look a bit bleak on the mobile. Increased the font size, made grey much more dark, and increased heading sizes. Hope it's easier to read now!

I don't know if I'm seeing the old version or the new version, but this is still very hard to read.

Advice to all web designers: Please do not use "font-weight: 300" for body text, ever. Simply changing that to 400 in the developer tools made it much more readable. The font was still bugging me, so I tried killing the "font-family: futura pt" too.

Wow! What a world of difference. Now it is super easy to read, instead of looking like it's trying to show off some design style.

Know your audience: you are addressing potential database developers with this book, not graphic designers.

Re: Database Internals

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Post by ifesdjeen »

Stratoscope wrote: post #22
ifesdjeen wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Author here. Thanks for the heads up, it did look a bit bleak on the mobile. Increased the font size, made grey much more dark, and increased heading sizes. Hope it's easier to read now!

I don't know if I'm seeing the old version or the new version, but this is still very hard to read. Advice to all web designers: Please do not use "font-weight: 300" for body text, ever . Simply changing that to 400 in the developer tools made it much more readable. The font was still bugging me, so I tried killing the "font-family: futura pt" too. Wow! What a world of difference. Now it is super easy to read, instea…

Preferring one font over the other is more a question of taste, but I think you're right about font-weight: it does read better with 400. Thanks for the tip!

Re: Database Internals

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Post by commandersaki »

jrockway wrote: post #14
commandersaki wrote: post #13

Is this a full fee paid course for on campus students? Because if it is, I would be miffed and feel short changed to be told to watch youtube lectures on my own time. I value face to face time and interactivity with my professor or lecturer. If this is a heavily discounted course due to the crippled way it is taught then I have no issue. From the syllabus: CS144 is taught using a combination of lectures and videos. I…

The fee you pay for college courses is for the piece of paper saying you passed the course. Those that don't need the piece of paper can learn for free. Who can complain about that!

Ostensibly. Some may want the paper and an actual learning experience that isn't virtualised. I must be asking for too much.

I also might not understand the purpose of the video lectures. If they supplant face to face time but get rid of the tedium, then I would say it should also accompany course/lecture notes, reading texts, and/or supplemental documents.

I just think forcing people to watch youtube videos is a much lower quality experience for a student. If it's a required course I'd want a refund for being forced into a lazy teaching format.

Re: Database Internals

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Post by zzzcpan »

mesaframe wrote: post #26

In past few days I've heard so many praises and also I have heard so much criticism about Database Books in general. What makes this book so much better?

It depends on your goal.

Database internals books are not worth reading if you want to work on implementing real world database engines. You are better off checking out internals and documentation of various implementations and also research papers in that field. And you would be doing your own research anyway.

But if you are just starting out in programming, it's probably as good book as any to learn something new and practical about algorithms and data structures.

Re: Database Internals

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Post by zerr »

manigandham wrote: post #10

I also recommend following Andy Pavlo and the CMU Database Group which has lots of free courses, videos and material: https://db.cs.cmu.edu/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHnBsf2rH-K7pn09rb3qvkA

It suffers from the common issue for such content - theory/lectures are too diverged from the practical/lab part.

Re: Database Internals

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Post by mesaframe »

commandersaki wrote: post #13

Is this a full fee paid course for on campus students? Because if it is, I would be miffed and feel short changed to be told to watch youtube lectures on my own time. I value face to face time and interactivity with my professor or lecturer. If this is a heavily discounted course due to the crippled way it is taught then I have no issue. From the syllabus: CS144 is taught using a combination of lectures and videos. I…

Did you post this on wrong thread or you didn't care to open the posted link?

Re: Database Internals

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Post by Stratoscope »

ifesdjeen wrote: post #24
Stratoscope wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't know if I'm seeing the old version or the new version, but this is still very hard to read. Advice to all web designers: Please do not use "font-weight: 300" for body text, ever . Simply changing that to 400 in the developer tools made it much more readable. The font was still bugging me, so I tried killing the "font-family: futura pt" too. Wow! What a world of difference. Now it is super easy to read, instea…

Preferring one font over the other is more a question of taste, but I think you're right about font-weight: it does read better with 400. Thanks for the tip!

And thank you for being so responsive to feedback! It's much easier to read now.

I also want to apologize for my comment being a little grouchy; I should know better than to comment on style and readability in the wee hours. :-)

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