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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.