Created by software engineer and educator Hussein Nasser, the course is designed for intermediate to advanced learners who want to move beyond basic database usage and master the "first principles" of database design and performance. Core Pillars of the Curriculum
An index is a copy of a subset of your data, organized for fast lookups. Without indexes, the database does a sequential scan. fundamentals of database engineering by hussein nasser
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LSM trees are write-optimized but require compaction (background merging of files). B-trees are read-optimized but suffer from random I/O and page fragmentation. Created by software engineer and educator Hussein Nasser,