From 2020 to 2024, Figma's database stack has grown by 100x. We'll talk about how they did this. Plus, lessons learned from two decades of SRE at Google, how to avoid wasting your career and more.

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Figma scaled their databases by 100x using caching, read replicas, and vertical partitioning. They also provide tips on negotiating compensation for software engineers. Horizontal partitioning poses challenges such as inefficient queries, code rewrites, schema changes, and implementing transactions.

How Figma Scaled their Databases by 100x

Implementation of Horizontal Partitioning

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