append-only log term
data structure where you only add at the end
Foundation of WAL, Kafka, event sourcing, LSM trees. Sequential writes are dramatically faster than random. Reads can be slow without secondary indexes; compaction reclaims space.
data structure where you only add at the end
Foundation of WAL, Kafka, event sourcing, LSM trees. Sequential writes are dramatically faster than random. Reads can be slow without secondary indexes; compaction reclaims space.