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I agreed with most of it, except when he dismissing scaling as an issue. If you get scaling wrong you're in for a world of pain if success hits. Think he was s
by jwilliams 18y ago
I agreed with most of it, except when he dismissing scaling as an issue. If you get scaling wrong you're in for a world of pain if success hits.
Think he was saying, don't bother with the dozens of servers, etc, etc - which I agree with - but I'd say ignoring it completely is dangerous.
- axod 18y agoSure... Their strategy doesn't call for scaling though. Campfire has handled 10 million messages since it started in 2006. That sort of traffic could be handled on a 386. Their strategy is getting people to pay for simple stuff. That's a reasonably small market.
- jwilliams 18y agoMay be the case - but in my experience, issues of scale don't creep up on you - one day hit a hard limit and your service is crashing all the time. .. And if you haven't thought about it - this can happen at any volume. I've seen apps that test great with 5 users and then bomb when you get 3 more. Just my experience. Not saying as an overall strategy it's not a good idea - as a business this might very well be an effective model - just saying that ignoring it technically is a bad one.