about
bits & pages is a blog for database enthusiasts and developers who are curious to learn more about data systems.
I’m Almog Gavra. I’m currently developing a new suite of databases at https://www.opendata.dev/ and I’ve been building significant production data systems like Apache Kafka, SlateDB, LinkedIn Search, Apache Pinot, and more for over a decade.
three post types
theory: these posts will cover how to think about data systems at large and the commonalities between the nine different types of databases.
tear-downs: these posts look at existing systems and map them to the concepts covered by the theoretical posts.
build-ups: these posts get hands on with data structures and indexes, showing code and running benchmarks.
