The Only Thing That Matters
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Examines whether new databases really introduce novel ideas or simply reuse long-standing patterns, and looks for common principles across relational databases, Event Sourcing, and messaging systems. Builds from first principles a foundation for understanding how data is recorded in transactional databases, Kafka, Event Store, and messaging systems like Aeron, emphasizing timeless fundamentals useful for database, library, and distributed system design.
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