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Sharding vs. Partitioning
If you're building anything beyond a toy application, you will hit scaling bottlenecks. When your database starts groaning under load, two architectural strategies emerge as lifelines: partitioning and sharding. But they're not interchangeable—misusing them can make your scaling problems worse. Let's break them down technically.
If you're building anything beyond a toy application, you will hit scaling bottlenecks. When your database starts groaning under load, two architectural strategies emerge as lifelines: partitioning and sharding. But they're not interchangeable—misusing them can make your scaling problems worse. Let's break them down technically.
