bddicken's comments

On: Bplustree.app

[bddicken]

The corresponding blog post covers this a bit:

https://planetscale.com/blog/btrees-and-database-indexes

In short, B+trees are good because the nodes can be set to match the size of a disk page.

On: B-Trees and Database Indexes

[bddicken]

The "reject all" button works better now, thanks for bringing this up.

[crabmusket → bddicken]

Great to hear! Just checked it again on FF/Android and it works just how I'd have expected. Thanks for the update!

On: B-Trees and Database Indexes

[bddicken]

Good point! Yes, clustered index is one of the correct terms.

On: B-Trees and Database Indexes

[bddicken]

It's meant to represent the values associated with the keys being inserted. Having the "v" for "value" there helps to differentiate it.

On: B-Trees and Database Indexes

[bddicken]

I'm sorry about this! working on a fix.

On: B-Trees and Database Indexes

[bddicken]

You're welcome! Sharding with B tree indexes... Hmmm, I know a company that does that.

On: B-Trees and Database Indexes

[bddicken]

Thanks Sean! Yeah that would be very cool to have an interactive visual for that as well. So many possibilities!

On: B-Trees and Database Indexes

[bddicken]

That's the goal! Thanks for the kind words.

On: Stylized image binning algorithm, for the web

[bddicken]

You are welcome.

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