Database performance

Posted by Edouard on 12 Mar 2019

This port is the first in a series about the challenges behind database performance and how to accurately assess it. In future posts, we will dig more into the specifics of benchmarks and design choices.

The Penrose stairs of performance

If you are following database innovation you can see that nearly every database vendor out there has at least one benchmark putting them in the first place. With every vendor selling the fastest database there is, you end up in a Penrose stairs situation where everyone is faster than everyone.

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Tags: memory, optimization, process, software, performance

Smart pointers are overused

Posted by user on 31 Aug 2009

Smart pointers have become the premium choice for memory management in C++. This is everything but odd, when you come to think of it.

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Tags: boost, c++, memory, smart pointers, stl, Uncategorized