Everyone wants their database to scale. In fact, if you are old enough, you might even remember when saying your database was web scale was all the rage.
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In principle, “scale” just means the ability to do more. But more what? More data? More queries? Talking about scale only makes sense if we define the axis on which scaling takes place.
It’s time to move beyond thinking of databases in terms of just capacity and throughput. The rise of AI agents requires a new axis of scalability: How many databases can you create…
