running Postgres is so fun. one database and hundred proxies around it
You can now provision dedicated PgBouncers for your Postgres replicas. This gives you a connection pool that evenly distributes connections across your available replicas, making it simple to scale out read-only traffic.

Nov 6, 2025 · 7:19 PM UTC

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But scaling read only traffic hasn’t ever been difficult?
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the real fun starts debugging which proxy sent the query to which replica suddenly you need distributed tracing just to understand your database
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If you call that difficult your skill is a problem
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postgres is so fucking slow
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lol database replication exists in every database. and for postgres its very easy to setup
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How do you utilitze mysql read replicas? I'm guessing in a very similar way
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Scaling read-only traffic can be straightforward, but finer control with PgBouncer helps manage load more effectively. What's the current strategy for balancing connections?