The Scaling Gauntlet
A practical series on surviving growth bottlenecks in production systems, from query performance to connection management and beyond.
Part 1
The Scaling Gauntlet - The Art of Query Archaeology
Your DB can barely handle 50 users, and now you’ve got 100K incoming. Here’s how to unearth bad queries and survive the scaling gauntlet.
5 min readPart 2
The Scaling Gauntlet, Pt. 2 - Connection Pooling and How to Stop DDoSing Yourself
Fast queries aren’t enough. Without connection pooling, your app becomes its own DDoS. Learn how to stop flooding your database to death.
6 min readPart 3
The Scaling Gauntlet, Pt. 3 - Cache Rules Everything Around Me
Query tuning and connection pools got you stable. Caching gets you efficient. Here’s how to cache with intent, avoid stampedes, and invalidate without regret.
7 min read