🔗 Designing partitioning you don't have to babysit

Partitioning can be a double-edged sword. When done improperly, it leads to operational headaches and poor performance. Ruslan Tolkachev addresses these issues by arguing against using created_at as a partition key. Instead, he suggests partitioning by primary key, leveraging the growth patterns of data without leaking the partition key into application code. Tolkachev illustrates common pitfalls,…