cycles of thought

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Terminal output showing a Node.js server recovering events from an append-only log file on startup

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I built a database without using a databaseWhat building a file-based event store from scratch taught me about byte offsets, crash recovery, and how real storage engines actually work.

backendnode.jstypescript

I built a database without using a databaseWhat building a file-based event store from scratch taught me about byte offsets, crash recovery, and how real storage engines actually work.

cycles of thought

I built a database without using a database: What building a file-based event store from scratch taught me about byte offsets, crash recovery, and how real storage engines actually work.

I built a database without using a database: What building a file-based event store from scratch taught me about byte offsets, crash recovery, and how real storage engines actually work.

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I built a database without using a databaseWhat building a file-based event store from scratch taught me about byte offsets, crash recovery, and how real storage engines actually work.

I built a database without using a databaseWhat building a file-based event store from scratch taught me about byte offsets, crash recovery, and how real storage engines actually work.