How to Build a Database-like Application
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Designing a database-like application from scratch, covering data storage, index creation, and query mechanisms. It explains how to implement these components using modern programming languages and frameworks to achieve fast storage, optimized queries, and scalable behavior for in-memory or custom-integrated solutions.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Introduction
- 5:19Why build in 2025
- 7:05Core components
- 9:39Data structures for search
- 16:14Vector search with HNSW
- 20:25Race conditions
- 24:08Latency costs
- 26:20Data durability
- 33:19External API guarantees
- 36:57CAP theorem trade-offs
- 37:41Our solution
- 41:41Q&A
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