What our database development covers
Schema design
How data is structured and related, decided before the application is built on top of it.
Query optimization
Finding the expensive queries and fixing them, usually with indexes and sometimes with a new structure.
Migrations
Moving between database systems, or restructuring one, without losing data or long downtime.
Caching
Redis for data that is read often and changes rarely.
Data integrity
Constraints, transactions and validation, so bad data is rejected at the door.
Backup and recovery
Backups that are tested, so recovery is proven instead of assumed.
Signs the database is the problem
- Pages got slower as you got busier. Queries that were fast at launch do not scale with your data.
- Reports take minutes. Repeated work that could be cached, or a missing index.
- The same data lives in several places. The copies drift apart and nobody knows which one is right.
- Adding a field needs a developer and a release. The schema was built around old requirements, not the shape of the data.
- Nobody has tested a restore. Backups that have never been restored are a hope, not a plan.
The stack we build with
PostgreSQL (including advanced indexing and partitioning), MySQL, MongoDB, Redis and DynamoDB, with Prisma, TypeORM or Mongoose, and execution plan reviews for every slow query. The database should follow the shape of your data, not the other way round.
How a database project runs
- Measure firstQuery logs show which queries take the most time. No guessing.
- Model the dataNew builds start with entities and relationships, agreed before any app code depends on them.
- Index and optimizeTargeted changes, measured before and after.
- Add caching where it earns its placeAfter the query work, so the cache does not hide the real problem.
- Document and monitorThe schema is written up and slow queries are watched, so regressions show up early.
Why businesses choose us for database work
- We measure before changing anything. Findings come from your query logs.
- Results are shown, not claimed. Before and after numbers for every change.
- Backups are tested. Restores are proven before an incident tests them for you.
- We say when it is not the database. Sometimes the slowdown is elsewhere, and we will not bill you for the wrong fix.
