--- title: "100X Scaling: How Figma Scaled its Databases" url: https://daily.dev/posts/100x-scaling-how-figma-scaled-its-databases-ho0z8xl9a source_url: https://blog.bytebytego.com/p/100x-scaling-how-figma-scaled-its type: article source: "ByteByteGo" published: 2024-05-07T15:35:06.513Z updated: 2024-05-09T08:39:06.345Z tags: ["backend", "figma"] reading_time: 10 upvotes: 58 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 100X Scaling: How Figma Scaled its Databases **[ByteByteGo](https://daily.dev/sources/bytebytego)** · 10 min read · 58 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Figma, a collaborative design platform, successfully scaled its databases to keep up with increasing demand. They implemented vertical partitioning and logical sharding to address scalability issues. Additionally, Figma explored alternative solutions but ultimately chose to build a horizontally sharded solution on top of their existing infrastructure. Their unique sharding implementation included the use of colocations, logical and physical sharding, a query engine, and a shadow application readiness framework. Figma aims to horizontally shard every table in their database for near-infinite scalability. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#backend](https://daily.dev/tags/backend), [#figma](https://daily.dev/tags/figma) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/100x-scaling-how-figma-scaled-its-databases-ho0z8xl9a)