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Here's an interesting treatment of the scaling issue which cropped up on HN a few days ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=859468 http://news.ycombinator.

• mlLK 17y ago
  Thank you. That was an interesting and insightful observation [http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=859617 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=859617]. His argument for reliability made scaling seem almost moot. You rarely see someone toss around the idea of 'reliability' when (they are) discussing whatever they think 'the cloud' means. Nevertheless, it was a refreshing reminder that newer (better) technology is not always about optimization, its about mitigating risk by building a sense of predictability into your solution (application).