A Tale from Database Performance at Scale: Rust and Driver Debugging

Written by scylladb | Published 2025/09/11
Tech Story Tags: database-performance-debugging | rust-database-drivers | client-vs-server-timeouts | distributed-database-tuning | speculative-retries-database | wireshark-debugging-tools | database-observability | good-company

TLDRIn this fictional yet technical story, Joan tackles database performance issues with Rust and drivers. From buggy wrappers to client/server timeout mismatches, she uncovers how misconfigurations, retries, and load balancing quirks can cripple systems. Lessons highlight choosing the right driver, tuning timeouts, and using observability to debug at scale.via the TL;DR App
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Written by scylladb | Monstrously Fast + Scalable NoSQL. Start Fast. Scale Fearlessly
Published by HackerNoon on 2025/09/11
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