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importantSYS.SOURCE: PlanetScale• 2026-07-16T03:36:42Z

Database Sharding and Proxy Layers for Scalable Postgres Infrastructure

#database sharding#postgres#proxy layer#scalability#distributed systems

The article discusses how PlanetScale uses database sharding and a proxy layer to distribute 768 servers into a unified Postgres infrastructure, enabling scalable query handling and data management. It highlights challenges of traditional replication and the role of proxies in abstracting complexity for application interactions.

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