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Overcoming database bottlenecks: A Journey with ProxySQL

June 28, 2024 » Instawork Engineering » [Archived Version]

IntroductionStartups grow fast, and scaling infrastructure to keep up can be challenging. As companies expand, efficiency, scalability, and reliability become crucial for smooth operations and meeting market demands. This blog post will discuss how ProxySQL, an advanced MySQL proxy server, helped us manage our SQL traffic and connections as we scaled.The ProblemInstawork faced a critical growth stage two years ago that began to strain our infrastructure. As our traffic peaked, it led to too man…

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