r/databasedevelopment
12k members
r/databasedevelopment is a subreddit with 12k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and news, and the community frequently discusses database, sql, optimization, performance, and schema.
Discussion of database internals and the development of databases by professionals and hobbyists.
Popular Themes in r/databasedevelopment
#1
Advice Requests
: "I'm writing a free book on query engines"
8 posts
#2
News
: "Building a Database from Scratch (part 03) - Log Manager
"
6 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "In search of a faster SQLite"
5 posts
#4
Ideas
: "Lessons learned building a database from scratch in Rust"
4 posts
#5
Self-Promotion
: "TidesDB - High performance, transactional, durable key value store engine (BETA RELEASED!)"
2 posts
Popular Topics in r/databasedevelopment
#1
Database
: "My very own toy Database"
249 posts
#2
Sql
: "toyDB rewritten: a distributed Sql database in Rust, for education"
93 posts
#3
Optimization
: "Ordered Insertion Optimization in OrioleDB"
58 posts
#4
Performance
: "LeanStore: A High-Performance Storage Engine for NVMe SSDs"
24 posts
#5
Schema
20 posts
#6
Development
: "Path to working / contributing in database Development"
17 posts
#7
Rust
: "Lessons learned building a database from scratch in Rust"
11 posts
#8
Query
: "ChapterhouseQE - A Distributed SQL Query Engine"
11 posts
#9
Architecture
: "K4 - Open-source, high-performance, transactional, and durable storage engine based (LSM tree Architecture) "
11 posts
#10
Engine
: "TidesDB - High performance, transactional, durable key value store Engine (BETA RELEASED!)"
10 posts
Member Growth in r/databasedevelopment
Yearly
+4k members(40.3%)
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Last updated: June 22, 2026