> I think of it like a write-ahead log Lovely analogy. It's also how high write-throughput databases work. First write the data in a way that's optimised for

> I think of it like a write-ahead log Lovely analogy. It's also how high write-throughput databases work. First write the data in a way that's optimised for getting it committed to storage and at high density. Only later, in the background, maybe at a more convenient time, is the data reorganised for finding and reading things.