Use case
Scaling a platform 10×
Peak traffic was about to grow tenfold and the primary database was already at its limits.
The circle
A software architect, a database specialist and a DevOps engineer reviewed load data, debated sharding versus read replicas plus caching, and recorded the trade-offs in a decision matrix.
The Outcome Pack
A staged migration plan with milestones, owners for each workstream, rollback criteria and the top five risks with mitigations.