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Does Postgres Scale?

dbos.dev published 2026-09-28

Benchmarking the workflow execution and workflow queueing scalability of a single Postgres server.

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Databases & Data 2026

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Apr 30, 2026	Does Postgres Scale? by KraftyOne	192	95

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