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Google Appengine (and presumably Azure) takes you some of the way there - it removes all the sysadmin side of things, and solves the scaling problem at the same
by foxylad 16y ago
Google Appengine (and presumably Azure) takes you some of the way there - it removes all the sysadmin side of things, and solves the scaling problem at the same time. You still need to choose a framework etc, but it is a compelling choice for a developer-centric startup.
- kolektiv 16y agoSorry, this might be too pedantic, but I can't listen to someone saying that something "solves the scaling problem" when it doesn't. Both of those examples solve the "having more machines when you need them" problem, but scaling is a) domain specific, and b) a logical problem not a hardware one in general. A million machines and an insoluble deadlock is not a scaling solution. I'm sure that you know this, but in case anyone out there less well informed takes that at face value I felt compelled to add to it!