Do You Actually Need Microservices or NoSQL to Build a Fast System? Here's How to Know.
A 9:1 read-write ratio is real, but it doesn't automatically mean your relational schema is wrong. A monolith on plain Postgres handles most traffic, most slow pages have cheaper fixes than re-architecting, and when a join genuinely is the bottleneck, a denormalized read table inside the same database solves it. No NoSQL or microservices required.
Posted in Development, Architecture, Databases on June 10, 2026 by ‐ 13 min read