> Isn't "it's comparatively slow" what people usually mean with "doesn't scale"?...

		byroot on June 13, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rewriting the Ruby parser > Isn't "it's comparatively slow" what people usually mean with "doesn't scale"? If that's the case, then they are misguided. > You can scale anything with enough hardware No, some architectures or implementations can give you diminishing returns or a hard cap. Not everything can scale horizontally ad infinitum.