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rahulskn86··on Learn to develop Key-Value databases from scratch (Java)
The author builds complexity of the databases step by step. Each step has detailed explanations, code, benchmarks and tradeoff decisions that are being talked through. Some of the topics include

Persisting records and indices on disk for both read-only and read/write databases (LSM trees)

Write ahead logs for durability

Managing concurrent operations through different locking approaches

rahulskn86··on Ask HN: How do you manage your personal health history?
Looks like the perfect app needed, although its a bit pricey. Any alternatives?
rahulskn86··on Ask HN: How do you manage your personal health history?
Your care providers might change, the doctors you visit will change over time and the problems you face will change too. Need to keep track of all these moving parts.