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100X Postgres Scaling at Figma
Figma achieved 100x Postgres scaling by combining vertical scaling, read replicas, connection pooling via PgBouncer, database proxies, and sharding to handle exponential growth. Their strategy involved both functional and horizontal partitioning to address performance bottlenecks at different stages.
Vertical ScalingRead ReplicasConnection PoolingPgBouncerDatabase ProxyShardingConsistent HashingHorizontal Partitioning
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