GitVibes daily briefing · 2026-10-19 · systems
Under the hood, off the hot path: How D1 scales to millions of databases
Curated by Balaram
Perspective
I’m impressed by the scaling tricks, but I’d still verify that the control‑plane performs under load before trusting it for production.
Source summary
A deep dive into how D1 architected its control plane to scale and manage millions of databases, while keeping data plane query operations at the edge. We share guiding principles on how to build on the Developer Platform effectively.
Original reporting: Cloudflare · Published 2026-10-13