Tag: performance
All the articles with the tag "performance".
How Databases Actually Store Data: Pages, Indexes, and WAL
A detailed systems-level tour of database pages, row layouts, B-trees, buffer pools, MVCC, write-ahead logging, recovery, and performance tradeoffs.
Memory Management Deep Dive — Stack, Heap, Virtual Memory & Cache
Everything you need to know about how memory actually works — from stack vs heap to virtual memory, paging, cache hierarchy, and why understanding this makes you a better engineer.
Building an Ultra-Low Latency Order Book — Low-Level Design for High-Frequency Trading
A deep dive into building a realistic high-frequency trading system — from order book data structures to lock-free algorithms, kernel bypass networking, and a backtesting engine.