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IBSurgeon

Company blog · ib-aid.com/en/articlesdatasystems

IBSurgeon is the company blog at ib-aid.com, writing about data and systems. Since 2014, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 17 times, most often “Transactions in Firebird”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-26, and you can follow it by feed.

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17mentions?
4HN people?
2014–2024first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 4 in 2014

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers link IBSurgeon's explanations of transactions in Firebird as a resource for understanding MVCC (multi-generational architecture) and how Postgres relates to it.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Firebird, HQbird, and IBSurgeon tools: enterprise support, replication, monitoring, and recovery for Firebird databases.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Transactions in Firebird
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-04-16

What Hacker News says?

  1. barking · 2019-08-30Recommends
    Postgres like most other databases pretty much copied MVCC from Interbase/Firebird. I found the following explanations for Transactions in Firebird very helpful in terms of understanding MVCC aka MGA (multi-generational architecture) https://ib-aid.com/en/transactions-in-firebird-acid-isolatio... https://www.slideshare.net/ibsurgeon/3-how-transactionswork

    Comment linking /en/transactions-in-firebird-acid-isolation-levels-deadlocks-and-update-conflicts-resolution/

    on “MVCC Unmasked (2011) [pdf]”
  2. alexeykovyazin · 2016-04-26

    Submitted 12 Common Mistakes While Backing Up Databases (2015) as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  3. alexeykovyazin · 2016-08-10

    Submitted How to quickly check RAM on Linux as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  4. mariuz · 2014-05-30

    Submitted More details about 1.7 Terabyte Firebird SQL database as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  5. mariuz · 2024-11-21

    Submitted PHP 8.4 Improvements when working with modern Firebird versions as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  6. alexeykovyazin · 2021-04-21

    Submitted Short Firebird Migration Guide to Firebird 4.0 as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  7. TeaFilledCup · 2021-04-14

    Submitted Firebird Performance Newsletter: Issue 1 as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  8. mariuz · 2019-04-16

    Submitted Transactions in Firebird as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  9. alexeykovyazin · 2017-11-30

    Submitted How to make Firebird work 20% faster at Windows Server 2016 in less than 1 min as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  10. alexeykovyazin · 2017-09-21

    Submitted Fast, Furious, and Cheap: server for SMB database for less than US$1000 as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  11. alexeykovyazin · 2017-07-08

    Submitted Fighting Petya: retrieving data from Firebird databases encrypted by ransomware as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  12. alexeykovyazin · 2017-05-23

    Submitted Differences between Firebird and InterBase as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  13. alexeykovyazin · 2016-05-26

    Submitted All Firebird and InterBase On-Disk Structure (ODS) Versions as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  14. alexeykovyazin · 2016-05-17

    Submitted 45 Ways How to Speed Up Firebird Database as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  15. mariuz · 2014-07-16

    Submitted Tuning 1.7 Terabyte Firebird SQL database as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  16. mariuz · 2014-05-21

    Submitted FireWeb – Firebird-based CMS as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  17. mariuz · 2014-05-20

    Submitted Firebird performance degradation: tests, myths and truth as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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