Thinking in PostgreSQL: Mental Models for Senior Engineers

By Abdelfattah Ragab

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3384801385
• ISBN13: 9783384801388
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Tredition Gmbh
• Length: 68 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.8" x 8.3"