Scaling down (was Re: Dealing with marketing types...)

[Aahz]

In article <7xhdg3xwzc.fsf at ruckus.brouhaha.com>,
Paul Rubin  <http://phr.cx@NOSPAM.invalid> wrote:
>aahz at pythoncraft.com (Aahz) writes:
>>
>> So what?  I think you're missing the real point of the article: using
>> LAMP scales *DOWN* in a way that enterprise systems don't.  Getting your
>> first prototype up and running is far more important than sheer
>> scalability,
>
>There comes a day when your first prototype can no longer handle the
>traffic.  The question then is how do you deal with that.

Then you scale with hardware or do profiling and rewrite chunks,
whichever costs less FOR THE BUSINESS.

>> and LAMP does have many mechanisms to obtain scalability when it's
>> needed.
>
>LAMP seems to have no solution other than scaling (i.e. blowing more
>money on hardware and colo space).  One really gets the impression
>that a more thoughtful design could handle the traffic without needing
>to scale the hardware.

Is there some reason you keep repeating yourself without actually paying
attention to other people?
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