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Marcus Vance
Verified Instructor15+ Years in Storage Engines

Marcus Vance

Principal Storage Architect ยท Distributed Database Core Contributor

Database engine engineer specializing in LSM-tree compaction, Raft/Paxos consensus algorithms, and distributed write-ahead logging.

Publications & Courses by Marcus Vance

The System Design & Architecture Newsletter
๐Ÿ“ฐ Newsletter
METERED
5.0(3840)
120,000+
Engineering#Architecture#Distributed Systems

The System Design & Architecture Newsletter

Weekly visual blueprints of distributed systems, scalability patterns, and high-volume architectures.

Database Internals & Storage Teardowns
๐Ÿ“ฐ Newsletter
METERED
4.9(1650)
64,000+
Databases#Databases#Raft

Database Internals & Storage Teardowns

Weekly deep dives into write-ahead logs, Raft consensus, LSM compaction, and query optimizers.

Distributed Storage & Database Internals
๐ŸŽ“ Structured Course
METERED
4.9(1120)
28,000+
Databases#Databases#Storage

Distributed Storage & Database Internals

LSM-Trees, B-Trees, Raft Consensus, Distributed Transactions, and Sharding at Scale.