Distributed SQL in 2026: revisit CockroachDB, YugabyteDB and TiDB before you shard or go multi-region

• Manoj Shukla
• October 12, 2026

Picture a mutual fund and stockbroking platform in Mumbai (an invented example, not a real client). Its order book and client ledger run on PostgreSQL 16 with Patroni across three VMs in one cloud region, and a rewards service runs on MySQL 8.