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		dondraper36 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Good system design Vertical scaling is criminally underrated, unfortunately. Maybe, it's because horizontal scaling looks so much better on Linkedin.

mdavid626 4 months ago [–]

Sooner or later even small apps reach hardware limits.

My proposed design doesn’t bring many hard disadvantages.

But it allows you to avoid vertical hardware scaling.

Saves money and development time.

dondraper36 4 months ago | [–]

Not really disagreeing with you here, but that "later" never comes for most companies.

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