How PostgreSQL Outpaced Kafka to Handle 100k Events/sec
RudderStack proved PostgreSQL can sustain 100,000 events per second as a streaming queue, sidestepping Kafka. They tamed table bloat, rewrote indexing, and managed retry storms, turning a simple relational DB into a high‑throughput, resilient backbone. The playbook shows teams can leverage existing SQL skills to cut ops complexity while scaling massive event pipelines.