SQL for Devs: Indexes
Learning and science
ebook on database indexing
SHOW HN2023
31points
6comments
#1,379of 3,109 in 2023
Top 45%of 2023 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
3 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score +0.27.
Pricing: 0 for, 1 against
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What people liked
Helpful insights and clear explanations
From 2 comments
I am still reading it but so far this book has been very helpful. A lot of great insights and explanations
tzagasdog on HNBought the book the other day and just made a start on reading it. I have a lot of DB experience and am a massive proponent of appropriate indexing, but I know for a fact that…
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Author has deep database knowledge
From 1 comment
Bought the book the other day and just made a start on reading it. I have a lot of DB experience and am a massive proponent of appropriate indexing, but I know for a fact that…
simonhamp on HN
Objections
Price feels high for an ebook
From 1 comment
This looks fantastic and I'd love to give it a go, but £64.55 for the epub only feels a little expensive to me. The Pragmatic Bookshelf books usually come it at around £20 for…
idk1 on HN
Questions
Whether indexes give similar read performance on 10m versus 100m row MySQL tables
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Thanks, Tobias, bought a copy, maybe I learn something that I can apply to improve the performance of my analytics app schema or indexes [0]. Based on your experience, if the…
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Alternatives named
Pragmatic Bookshelf books
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This looks fantastic and I'd love to give it a go, but £64.55 for the epub only feels a little expensive to me. The Pragmatic Bookshelf books usually come it at around £20 for…
idk1 on HN