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LPisGoodtoday at 12:08 AM1 replyview on HN

Not everything needs to “scale.” I think needing scale is relatively rare, actually.


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AdieuToLogictoday at 12:41 AM

> Not everything needs to “scale.” I think needing scale is relatively rare, actually.

The ability to scale a system is not limited to throughput metrics. If it where, I would agree with your point.

Scaling in complexity and/or ability to feasibly introduce significant change is also a desirable system attribute and the one which I predominantly had in mind. The likelihood of also being to scale from a throughput perspective is a nice bonus.