Re:Does it scale? Who cares (2011)
by mgkimsal on Sunday April 09, 2017 @11:34AM
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> However I always had enough notice to fix issues.
Thank you. This is the one major point I try to get across to people when 'scaling' comes up. "Oh, that won't be scalable" or "yeah, but when we have 2 million users, XYZ won't work". I've been on projects where weeks and months (calendar time, part time efforts) were spent on things that were 'scalable' instead of just shipping something that worked earlier.
I keep trying to tell folks on these projects (have been involved in a couple now) - man, we're not going to go from 20 users to 2 million users overnight. We'll notice the problems and can adapt.
Trying to whet their appetite, I've even argued that a new 'flavor of the month' will be out before our real scaling needs hit, and we can then waste time chasing that fad, which will be even cooler than the current fad we're chasing (although... I try to be slightly more diplomatic than that).
Thank you. This is the one major point I try to get across to people when 'scaling' comes up. "Oh, that won't be scalable" or "yeah, but when we have 2 million users, XYZ won't work". I've been on projects where weeks and months (calendar time, part time efforts) were spent on things that were 'scalable' instead of just shipping something that worked earlier.
I keep trying to tell folks on these projects (have been involved in a couple now) - man, we're not going to go from 20 users to 2 million users overnight. We'll notice the problems and can adapt.
Trying to whet their appetite, I've even argued that a new 'flavor of the month' will be out before our real scaling needs hit, and we can then waste time chasing that fad, which will be even cooler than the current fad we're chasing (although... I try to be slightly more diplomatic than that).