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Re:How we built a serverless SQL database by mdekkers on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @09:59PM (#29008774)
> The answer is unfortunately less clear cut. Particularly if you assume that whoever is tasked with scaling this hypothetical DB doesn't know what they are doing a-priori.

The answer is very clear-cut:

Work with professionals.

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Re:How we built a serverless SQL database by lumost on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @12:10PM (#29015203)
The number of professionals who know and care about scaling who also want to work on small scale applications is relatively small. Hiring them will pose a challenge.
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Re:How we built a serverless SQL database by mr_toad on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @11:06PM (#29009142)
The amount of data being collected in the world is growing much faster than the number of database engineers is.
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