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A Tale from Database Performance at Scale: Rust and Driver Debugging
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Joan’s quirky debugging tale shows how Rust, drivers, and timeouts shape database performance at scale—mixing humor with hard-won lessons.
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In 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.
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