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The Database Problem4

Direct database calls, and why they work at first
Slow queries and why indexes matter
Read replicas and splitting reads from writes
Vertical vs horizontal scaling

Scaling the App Layer4

Caching for Speed4

Async Work & Scheduling4

Putting It All Together4

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Direct database calls, and why they work at first

What a database connection actually costs, and why calling it straight from your app is the right first design, not a mistake.

10 min readUpdated 2026-09-04databasesscalingfundamentals