Comments on: Web 1.0 Companies Definitely NEED To Scale http://agylen.com/2005/12/07/web-10-companies-definitely-need-to-scale/ Ugo Cei's Weblog Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:08:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Agylen » On Rails http://agylen.com/2005/12/07/web-10-companies-definitely-need-to-scale/#comment-796 Agylen » On Rails Wed, 14 Dec 2005 17:47:30 +0000 http://agylen.com/2005/12/07/web-10-companies-definitely-need-to-scale/#comment-796 [...] With respect to the former, I was finally able to book my railway trip to Rome, despite my previously reported problems. I enjoyed traveling by train much more than traveling by plane. It’s true that it takes more time, but when you compare having to wait in line at the check-in counter, at the security control, at the gate, at the plane door, then traveling for one hour in a crammed space and finally having to wait for your luggage, to sitting quite comfortably for four hours, at half the price, the choice is clear. [...] […] With respect to the former, I was finally able to book my railway trip to Rome, despite my previously reported problems. I enjoyed traveling by train much more than traveling by plane. It’s true that it takes more time, but when you compare having to wait in line at the check-in counter, at the security control, at the gate, at the plane door, then traveling for one hour in a crammed space and finally having to wait for your luggage, to sitting quite comfortably for four hours, at half the price, the choice is clear. […]

]]> By: David Welton http://agylen.com/2005/12/07/web-10-companies-definitely-need-to-scale/#comment-766 David Welton Thu, 08 Dec 2005 08:14:30 +0000 http://agylen.com/2005/12/07/web-10-companies-definitely-need-to-scale/#comment-766 It's not a technology issue, it's a people issue. A really big company like that in Italy is probably so mired in politics that you immediately wonder about how their technology was even selected in the first place, who was selected to implement it, and so on. You also wonder - will anyone get fired because the system has been down for so long? It’s not a technology issue, it’s a people issue.

A really big company like that in Italy is probably so mired in politics that you immediately wonder about how their technology was even selected in the first place, who was selected to implement it, and so on.

You also wonder - will anyone get fired because the system has been down for so long?

]]> By: Ian Holsman http://agylen.com/2005/12/07/web-10-companies-definitely-need-to-scale/#comment-761 Ian Holsman Wed, 07 Dec 2005 22:06:59 +0000 http://agylen.com/2005/12/07/web-10-companies-definitely-need-to-scale/#comment-761 Is that a scale issue? it sounds more like a upgrade gone wrong. Is that a scale issue?
it sounds more like a upgrade gone wrong.

]]> By: ugo http://agylen.com/2005/12/07/web-10-companies-definitely-need-to-scale/#comment-760 ugo Wed, 07 Dec 2005 19:43:59 +0000 http://agylen.com/2005/12/07/web-10-companies-definitely-need-to-scale/#comment-760 Jeremy, to be honest I think most commenters misread your post. It seems clear to me that you aren't advocating that startups invest huge sums of money at the onset just to achieve five-9s uptime. Neither are most commenters saying that haphazardly putting together features without concern for scalability is fine, as long as it works. I think everybody agrees that you should at least design software so that it is not hopelessly unable to scale, from the beginning. Anyway, I was just using this thread as a pretext to introduce my small, personal rant. Sorry if this added to the overall confusion :). Jeremy, to be honest I think most commenters misread your post. It seems clear to me that you aren’t advocating that startups invest huge sums of money at the onset just to achieve five-9s uptime. Neither are most commenters saying that haphazardly putting together features without concern for scalability is fine, as long as it works. I think everybody agrees that you should at least design software so that it is not hopelessly unable to scale, from the beginning.

Anyway, I was just using this thread as a pretext to introduce my small, personal rant. Sorry if this added to the overall confusion :).

]]> By: Jeremy Wright http://agylen.com/2005/12/07/web-10-companies-definitely-need-to-scale/#comment-758 Jeremy Wright Wed, 07 Dec 2005 18:45:26 +0000 http://agylen.com/2005/12/07/web-10-companies-definitely-need-to-scale/#comment-758 ... If the only time you need to scale is effectively when you need to scale (ie: when you're popular), then doesn't it make sense to have scalability in mind from the beginning? … If the only time you need to scale is effectively when you need to scale (ie: when you’re popular), then doesn’t it make sense to have scalability in mind from the beginning?

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