Things you didn't know about indexes

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A practical guide to database indexing covering both fundamentals and common pitfalls. Explains how indexes work (B-tree structure, binary search), the read-fast/write-slow trade-off, and storage costs. Covers four key gotchas and index types: composite index column ordering (left-prefix rule), function-wrapped columns breaking

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