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randusernametoday at 2:15 PM2 repliesview on HN

I had a coworker that would always ask this, like a javelin thrown in the bicycle spokes of every demo.

We hoped for tens of users.


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gill-batestoday at 2:18 PM

I was waiting for a comment like this. It's not like there aren't any projects that should be thinking about "scale", but it's almost a meme at this point. There is even the section there near the beginning about how small web apps without many users 'may have to think about horizontal scaling as well' - no, no they don't. To take part in the meme as well, a single server with Postgres will suffice for what? 99% of companies?

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anonzzziestoday at 2:27 PM

Yeah, I just always say 'it sure does!' ; not like people who make remarks like that will try / know how to try anyway. And if they do, even the largest prototypey crap we make can do 10-100x what sales/marketing expects (and they overshoot estimates always).