Scaling GROQ Queries for Millions of Users

A deep dive into how we optimized our query engine to handle the massive load of our enterprise customers.

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Alex Rivera

Engineering Lead

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Marcus Thorne

Senior Engineer

PUBLISHED JANUARY 14, 2026

The Challenge of Scale

As our dataset grew, we noticed a performance degradation in complex JOIN-heavy queries.

Optimization Strategies

Query Rewriting

We implemented a heuristic-based query rewriter that simplifies complex projections before execution.