Blogsby GlyphHow one connection kills a database
Unblock stuck connections with live connection management in the PlanetScale CLI and dashboard
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Mon Aug 311 post
Tue Aug 251 post
Problems with large tables in Postgres
Postgres presents pretty predictable performance problems when dealing with large tables. Sharding solves this.
Mon Aug 241 post
The history of Postgres sharding
Why has it taken so long to get good Postgres sharding? The last 20 years are the answer.
Tue Aug 181 post
Poisoned Postgres connection pools
An engineer's worst nightmare is waking up to a seemingly read-only database with no clear issue in sight. Let's dig into why this happens, and how AI can help solve it.
Mon Aug 171 post
What is a data topology?
A data topology describes the sharding scheme a Neki router uses to map logical PostgreSQL tables to physical shards and route queries.