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Unfortunately most people don't realize this until they are at scale.
by graphememes 10y ago
Unfortunately most people don't realize this until they are at scale.
- sametmax 10y agoIt's ok, since most people never get "at scale". When you start getting these problems, it means you reached the stars you were shooting for. Having those issues are a good thing.
- nadermx 10y agoAssuming you have the resources to cover these events, sometimes you hit scale, but not profitability..
- sametmax 10y agoYes but in that case the scaling technical issues are not your main problem. Your main problem is your business model. Priorities, priorities...
- InclinedPlane 10y agoNot always. It's possible to bury yourself under so much technical debt that you can't get out from under it. To extend the metaphor, you can end up spending all your revenue merely servicing the debt and you cannot invest in paying it down. Your system can be so flawed that it hampers innovation, and requires ongoing costly maintenance and support which eats up all of your dev resources. The end result is that innovation is blocked off for you and if you run into a bump that reduces your review significantly for a while you can easily end up bankrupt.
- sametmax 10y agoSame answer as to the other comment.
- eeZah7Ux 10y agoAmazing how most developers don't know about probability and think software is not expected to survive hardware failures.