Bhavesh vaswani on Instagram: "Database scaling ensures your system can handle millions of users and queries without slowing down or crashing. ⸻ 1️⃣ Read Replicas • Copies your database to multiple nodes to handle heavy read traffic. • Example: Like multiple ATMs so everyone can withdraw money at once. ⸻ 2️⃣ Sharding / Partitioning • Splits your database into smaller pieces (shards) to store data efficiently. • Example: Users A–E in one shard, F–J in another for faster queries. ⸻ 3️⃣ Caching • S