#rust

Articles tagged with #rust

Building PostgreSQL Extensions with Rust: A Complete Guide Using pgrx
A practical guide to pgrx with a real-world data masking example
Jan 14, 202610 min read20
I Tried Corrode’s “Prototyping in Rust” — And It Changed How I Build Things
Why Rust became my favorite language — and how Corrode’s article taught me to enjoy the messy first draft.
Oct 26, 20254 min read32
My Research Journey into Rust & Performance: Solving the 1BRC Challenge ⚡️
A little over a year ago, I got curious about the 1 Billion Row Challenge (1BRC). It seemed like the perfect playground to test Rust’s performance chops — 1 billion weather station measurements, aggregate per-city statistics (min, max, average), and ...
Aug 28, 20254 min read11
🪶 Apache Arrow: The Modern Memory Format Powering Analytical Engines
Apache Arrow is an in-memory columnar data format optimized for analytical workloads. It enables fast data access, zero-copy reads, and efficient interoperability between systems like Pandas, DuckDB, Polars, and query engines like Apache DataFusion. ...
Aug 5, 20253 min read8
Understanding Parquet: An Efficient Columnar File Format
Introduction Parquet has quickly become one of the most popular file formats for storing large-scale analytics data. Parquet is now a top choice due to its efficiency, compression, and seamless integration with big data frameworks. My experience cont...
Jul 24, 20252 min read17
My Journey into Query Engines, Databases, and Rust
🚀 Introduction My journey into query engines, databases, and Rust began with curiosity and a passion for systems-level performance. Rust's promise of safety and efficiency drew me in, while databases provided the perfect playground to test its capab...
Jul 19, 20253 min read13