Thinking in PostgreSQL : Mental Models for Senior Engineers

Ragab, Abdelfattah

tredition GmbH（2026/01発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 68 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9783384801388

Description

Thinking in PostgreSQL explores how senior engineers reason about PostgreSQL as a long-lived data system rather than a query engine. The book focuses on mental models, architectural tradeoffs, and operational thinking behind transactions, MVCC, schema evolution, performance, reliability, and failure. It emphasizes judgment, responsibility, and long-term decision-making over syntax or tuning recipes, helping experienced engineers design PostgreSQL systems that remain correct, maintainable, and trustworthy as they grow. Abdelfattah Ragab is a senior software engineer focused on designing and building software systems that must operate reliably at scale and evolve over time. His work spans system architecture, performance, reliability, and long-term maintainability across modern web and backend technologies.He has experience working on complex production systems where correctness, clarity, and responsible decision-making matter more than short-term trends or tools. His writing focuses on helping experienced engineers develop stronger mental models, architectural judgment, and the ability to reason about tradeoffs in real-world software systems.Abdelfattah writes for professionals who are responsible not just for delivering features, but for shaping systems that must remain understandable, adaptable, and trustworthy as requirements and teams change.