Database Resources

2025-09-03

A collection of resources I found helpful while studying databases.

Books

• Database Internals
• Practical File System Design
• The persistence section in OSTEP

Videos

• How is it possible that PostgreSQL used fsync incorrectly for 20 years, and what we'll do about it

Articles

• TigerBeetle - Safety
• Files are fraught with peril
• Things that go wrong with disk IO
• SurrealDB is sacrificing data durability to make benchmarks look better

Papers

• Can Applications Recover from fsync Failures?