So I just read the article - they were on RDS so Citus wasn't an option.
They also stated it was too risky to migrate data stores on the timeline they were working within
Those all seem like measured engineering decisions AFAICT
They also stated it was too risky to migrate data stores on the timeline they were working within
Those all seem like measured engineering decisions AFAICT
Do data dump from prod for initial sync and then setup replication from RDS to new cluster. Once synced do switch. Then you're off RDS and can shard on Citus.
The coordination alone usually takes months