When Your Event-Sourced Architecture Outgrows PostgreSQL and Needs a Purpose-Built Store
Teams building with the event sourcing pattern often start with PostgreSQL. It is familiar, well-supported, and can model append-only event streams with a narrow table design. At some volume of streams, events, or concurrent readers, PostgreSQL’s general-purpose architecture becomes the constraint. This article maps the operational thresholds that push teams toward a purpose-built event sourcing…
