Scaling monoliths by running multiple webapp instances is the easiest way to scale and works up to the point your shared database instance can't keep up. Your s

Scaling monoliths by running multiple webapp instances is the easiest way to scale and works up to the point your shared database instance can't keep up. Your schema and queries matter more than anything else. I wouldn't call this "scale" which is technically correct but not what's usually meant in these types of discussions.