From the Database Zoo to the Database Safari

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Over the past year I've been writing a series called The Database Zoo, exploring the growing ecosystem of modern databases. The idea behind the series was simple: instead of treating "the database" as a single category, look at the different species that exist today - probabilistic databases, time-series systems, vector databases, and more - and understand why they were built and what problems they solve.

While working on the series, it became clear that the topic deserved a more structured and expanded treatment.

That work eventually turned into a book.

I'm currently writing The Database Safari, to be published by Apress (Springer Nature). The book grows out of the ideas in the Database Zoo series, but develops them into a more cohesive guide to specialized databases: how they work internally, what trade-offs they make, and when they make sense in real systems.

The book is already listed on SpringerLink:

https://link.springer.com/book/9798868827082

I'll share more updates as the writing progresses.