I was reading it and got seriously confused by separate database and server for a measly 1000 users. With the two separate you can scale vertically to handle a

I was reading it and got seriously confused by separate database and server for a measly 1000 users. With the two separate you can scale vertically to handle a million users if all you’re doing is basic web/rest type stuff, probably more. I feel a bit of sadness for people who had never used a bare metal server and seen how insanely capable hardware is today.