Apr 11th, 2025Lev Kokotov Vertical sharding, sometimes called functional sharding, takes tables out of your main database and puts them somewhere else. Most of the time, it’s another Postgres database. This reduces load on the main DB and gives your app some breathing room to grow. This also breaks your app into pieces and makes your backend engineers sad. Sad engineers blow up your product roadmap and your hopes of building stuff. A bit of theory A bit of a strong start, I agree. If you haven’t...