Scaling PostgreSQL to 1 Billion Queries per Day: Architecture, Optimization, Indexing, and Real‑World Playbooks
What if your PostgreSQL cluster could confidently handle a billion queries per day without breaking a sweat? That’s 11,574 queries per second sustained, with headroom for spikes, failovers, and deploys. If that number feels out of reach, you’re not alone—most teams never approach PostgreSQL’s real potential because they’re limited by the architecture around it, not…