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Building a Database

Building a storage engine from scratch, one piece at a time. Bytes, pages, B-trees, recovery, and the parts I get wrong on the way there.

• 1. Building a Database: Intro

  6 October 2025 · 2 min

  The database series I wanted to read and couldn't find. The internet's advice is “do NOT build a database,” but if everyone actually listened we'd never get another one. There's still room to improve here.