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How to Implement the Read-Replica Pattern

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Sep 21, 2025
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Modern applications skew read-heavy. The Read-Replica pattern scales those reads horizontally while keeping a single write source of truth. In this guide, we’ll implement the pattern using database middleware that sits between your app and the database, routing writes to the primary and reads to replicas—without forcing your app to understand the topolo…

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