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  1. PostgreSQL Under Load: Connections, Transactions, MVCC and Concurrency
    PostgreSQL Under Load: Connections, Transactions, MVCC and Concurrency
    A definitive guide to operating PostgreSQL reliably under real-world production workloads.
    Steve Publications

    PostgreSQL Under Load shows what really happens when production gets busy. Learn how connections, transactions, MVCC, locks, WAL and autovacuum interact under pressure, then use that knowledge to diagnose incidents, tune PostgreSQL and build systems that stay reliable when concurrency spikes.

  2. Software Performance Engineering in 2026
    Software Performance Engineering in 2026
    A Practical Guide to Building Fast, Scalable Systems from Hardware to Distributed Architecture
    Steve Publications

    Why is your system slow, and how do you know what to fix? This practical guide takes you from CPU and memory behavior to databases, networks and distributed systems. Learn how to profile, benchmark and diagnose real performance problems with working examples across modern languages and tools.