Comments on: Dispelling the Myth of Cheap Development http://www.michaelmcderment.com/2005/12/09/dispelling-the-myth-of-cheap-development/ Canadian Entrepreneur Currently Adding Value in the Web 2.0 Space Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:31:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Cameron Booth http://www.michaelmcderment.com/2005/12/09/dispelling-the-myth-of-cheap-development/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Cameron Booth Sun, 11 Dec 2005 09:56:37 +0000 http://www.michaelmcderment.com/blog/2005/12/09/dispelling-the-myth-of-cheap-development/#comment-41 "I agree that you definitely need to consider scalability when you develop an app, and be wary/aware of the server environment that you launch it in.<br /><br />At the same time though, it reminds me of this Signal vs Noise posting suggesting that <a href=http://37signals.com/svn/archives2/dont_scale_99999_uptime_is_for_walmart.php"">if you think too much</a> about scaleability, uptime, etc, you'll find yourself stuck, unable to move forward, which is exactly the situation you don't want to find yourself in.<br /><br />Just something else to keep in mind. ;-)""" “I agree that you definitely need to consider scalability when you develop an app, and be wary/aware of the server environment that you launch it in.

At the same time though, it reminds me of this Signal vs Noise posting suggesting that if you think too much about scaleability, uptime, etc, you'll find yourself stuck, unable to move forward, which is exactly the situation you don't want to find yourself in.

Just something else to keep in mind. ;-) ”"”

]]> By: Michael McDerment http://www.michaelmcderment.com/2005/12/09/dispelling-the-myth-of-cheap-development/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Michael McDerment Fri, 09 Dec 2005 11:57:22 +0000 http://www.michaelmcderment.com/blog/2005/12/09/dispelling-the-myth-of-cheap-development/#comment-40 For more reading on this topic I recommend:<br /><br />http://www.ensight.org/archives/2005/12<br />/05/web-20-companies-need-to-scale/<br /><br />AND<br /><br />http://www.alexking.org/blog/2005/ 12/06/feedlounge-scalability/ For more reading on this topic I recommend:

http://www.ensight.org/archives/2005/12
/05/web-20-companies-need-to-scale/

AND

http://www.alexking.org/blog/2005/ 12/06/feedlounge-scalability/

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