Weekend Reading #37

Weekend Reading: A weekly roundup of interesting Software Architecture and Programming articles from tech companies. Find fresh ideas and insights every weekend.

30 Years of PostgreSQL Buffer Manager Locking Design Evolution

An article about how the PostgreSQL buffer manager has evolved over 30 years to improve performance and parallel query execution.

Storage-Disaggregated Databases and Shared Log Abstraction

This article explains how separating storage from computation and sharing logs enables modern databases to scale more efficiently and reliably.

4 Stereotypes of Multi-Region Database Clusters

An overview of four common multi-region database architectures, comparing trade-offs in latency, consistency, and complexity.