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2026-08-13~6 min
Explaining FoundationDB's Architecture Through CompartmentalizationCompartmentalization explains FoundationDB's architecture: find the responsibilities that got coupled together, split them, and scale only the parts that can scale.
2026-07-30~9 min
Why Apache Avro Needs Two SchemasAvro payloads cannot be decoded without the writer schema, and that two-schema model is what makes rolling upgrades and schema evolution work.
2026-02-05~8 min
Simulating Leader Election on top of FoundationDBCan LLM-generated code be trusted for distributed systems? Only if you have the right feedback loop.
2026-01-30~11 min
FoundationDB's Transaction Model for Layer EngineersHow optimistic concurrency control works in FoundationDB, and how to design data structures that stop fighting it
2025-12-09~13 min
Designing Rust FDB Workloads That Actually Find BugsPatterns and principles for writing Rust simulation workloads that catch bugs before production does.
2025-10-30~22 min
Diving into FoundationDB's Simulation FrameworkHow FoundationDB achieves legendary reliability through deterministic simulation, interface swapping, and one trillion CPU-hours of testing
2025-10-02~3 min
From Arc to Box: One Deref Bound to Rule Them AllHow Rust's Deref trait solved a complex API design problem in FoundationDB-rs without traits or enums
2025-09-08~6 min
Testing: prevention vs discoveryMost testing prevents old bugs from returning. But what if we built systems where LLMs could actively discover new bugs instead?
2025-06-03~7 min
Bypassing FoundationDB's Transaction Limits with Record Layer ContinuationsA technical deep-dive into FoundationDB Record Layer continuations, explaining how they enable long-running operations by segmenting work across multiple FDB transactions, effectively bypassing the inherent 5-second and 10MB limits.
2025-03-07~3 min
Debugging FoundationDB's Data DistributorA deep dive into the internals of FoundationDB's Data Distributor and how it manages shard placement and team priorities.
2025-02-11~4 min
Ensuring Safety in FoundationDB's Rust CrateStrategies and techniques for enhancing safety in the FoundationDB Rust crate
2024-04-22~3 min
Redwood’s memory tuning in FoundationDBLearn how to tune FoundationDB for Redwood storage Engine
2024-03-12~4 min
True idempotent transactions with FoundationDB 7.3Learn how to avoid FDB's biggest caveats by using a new feature called automatic idempotency in FoundationDB
2021-02-21~5 min
Crafting row keys in FoundationDBAn overview of all the helpers to generate row keys with FoundationDB
2020-09-23~3 min
Announcing Record-Store, a new (experimental) place for your dataOpensourcing Record-Store
2020-01-30~14 min
Notes about FoundationDBList of ressources gleaned about FoundationDB
revision history © 2026 Pierre Zemb · last rev. 2026-08-14
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