Most data problems aren't a missing tool — they're a schema that was never designed, just accreted. Reports that take forty seconds. Numbers that don't reconcile. A spreadsheet that became the source of truth by accident. We design PostgreSQL databases for the questions you'll actually ask, and we tune the ones you already have so they stop being the slow part.
Based in Chattanooga, serving the Tennessee Valley and remote. Fixed-bid scoping. Usually part of a custom software engagement.
Database work spans two jobs: designing a clean schema for something new, and fixing one that's gotten slow or tangled. We do both. Here's what's typically involved.
Most apps are slow for one of two reasons: a query that should use an index and doesn't, or a schema that forces every report into an expensive join. Both are fixable without rebuilding the app — usually in days, not weeks — and the speed-up is dramatic.
Throwing a bigger server at a slow query buys a little time and a bigger bill. We profile the actual queries, find the missing index or the bad join, and fix the cause. We've taken queries from 14 seconds to 40 milliseconds with two indexes and a rewrite.
A schema designed only for the data you have today becomes a wall the moment you need a new report. We model for the questions you'll actually ask — the ones that come up in month six, not just day one.
We scope database work on a call and quote a fixed price. Optimization passes are usually a small, well-bounded engagement; new schema design rolls into the software project it supports.
We work in Postgres every week — its indexing, query planner, JSON support, and full-text search. We pick SQLite when scale doesn't justify Postgres, and tell you which fits.
Optimization work is fast and bounded. New schema design happens inside the application project it supports.
For an existing database, we profile the slow queries and review the schema, then tell you what's wrong and what the fix is worth. For something new, we map your data and the questions you'll ask of it.
A written plan: the schema changes, index additions, or query rewrites we'll make, with a fixed price and the expected impact.
We make the changes against a copy first, measure the before/after, and apply them safely. You see the numbers — query times, report speed — not just a claim.
We document the schema and the reasoning so the next developer (or us, in a year) can follow it.
Good database work is invisible when it's done — the app is just fast, and the numbers are just right.
Reports and pages that took tens of seconds load instantly. Often the single highest-impact, lowest-cost performance win available.
Constraints and validation mean bad data can't get in — so your reports reconcile and your numbers are right.
A schema designed for your questions makes the report you need a five-minute query instead of an impossible tangle.
A tuned database does more on the same hardware. Often you can downsize the server after an optimization pass.
A focused optimization pass typically runs $2,500–$8,000 depending on the size of the database and the number of problem queries. New schema design is usually scoped inside the custom software project it supports. We quote fixed-bid after a scoping call.
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