>I built a service (~10mm users at peak) which was designed from the ground up to scale, around 2002. When the numbers did grow we just sat back and watched it

>I built a service (~10mm users at peak) which was designed from the ground up to scale, around 2002. When the numbers did grow we just sat back and watched it pretty much. >Even given this, I completely agree with you. That's why I now develop in ruby. Ouch that is a pretty big burn.