Zero-Copy Pages in Rust: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Lifetimes

https://redixhumayun.github.io/databases/2026/04/14/zero-copy-pages-in-rust.html

Article

  • Deep dive into zero-copy page techniques in Rust for database implementations.
  • Uses Rust lifetimes to safely avoid unnecessary memory copies.
  • Explores how ownership model enables performance-critical buffer management.
  • Targeted at systems programmers building storage engines.

Discussion

  • Only notable comment: ASCII art diagrams in the article have broken spacing, possibly Claude Code-generated.

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Added Apr 21, 2026
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