Turso Tracks a Row Named 'deadbeef' to Visualize MVCC Internals
glcst · x · 2026-10-24
Turso's MVCC series follows a row named 'deadbeef' through its full life: starting as bytecode instructions, living in memory, being written to a log, surviving a crash, and finally removed by a checkpoint. The team's hand-crafted (AI-assisted) diagrams help visualize what happens inside the database as rows move through MVCC.
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