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• DeathArrow · Apr 7, 2020 · Recommends

  …Languages and Automata by Peter Linz Probability and Statistics by by Morris H. DeGroot Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles by William Stallings Understanding Cryptography by Christof Paar Database Systems: Fundamentals of Design, Implementations and Management by by Peter Rob Principles of Concurrent and Distributed Programming: Algorithms and Models by M. Ben-Ari Introduction to Graph Theory by Richard…

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• brudgers · Aug 29, 2015 · Recommends

  …performance by optimizing storage down to the physical layout of the data on the hardware. So MySQL makes a lot of assumptions based on the mechanics if spinning disks and buffers tailored to their physics. Database Systems: The Complete Book is a good text on the subject and the second half is all about the hardware and software used in implementing traditional systems.

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• anonsivalley652 · Mar 3, 2020 · Recommends

  …Numerical Recipes algorithms for science TAOCP SICP AOMP To Mock a Mockingbird combinators are good for you Design Patterns First Principles of Interaction Design (Revised & Expanded) The Dragon book Database Systems: Design, Implementation, & Management K&R C Code Complete Working Effectively with Legacy Code Software Engineering at Google Site Reliability Engineering -- Also, learn these, at least to a novice…

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• 62951413 · Oct 5, 2021 · Recommends

  …works. It's much more interesting reading than another SQL manual. But it's not awfully practical if you have no particular interest in DB technology. And both are pretty dense. * https://www.amazon.com/Database-Systems-Complete-Book-2nd/dp * https://www.amazon.com/Database-System-Concepts-Abraham-Silb... There's a very cool not-quite-alternativE: https://leanpub.com/how-query-engines-work. It covers a fair chunk of…

  on “Databases, Types, and the Relational Model: The Third Manifesto [pdf]” ↗