- PostgreSQL’s source code is overwhelmingly written in C .(Over 85%)
These are notes, highlights, and reflections from books or engineering blogs I’ve read.
Root Cause
Notes and highlights from reading Root Cause by Hussein Nasser — war stories from twenty years of backend bugs, and what each one taught.
SQL Performance Explained
Notes and highlights from reading SQL Performance Explained by Markus Winand.
The Pragmatic Programmer
Highlights
- Don’t live with broken windows
- Make it easy to change
- Build software that can explain itself