A Tale from Database Performance at Scale: Rust and Driver Debugging | HackerNoon

In this fictional yet technical story, Joan tackles database performance issues with Rust and drivers. From buggy wrappers to client/server timeout mismatches, she uncovers how misconfigurations, retries, and load balancing quirks can cripple systems. Lessons highlight choosing the right driver, tuning timeouts, and using observability to debug at scale.