
Why You Should Occasionally Write Non-Scalable Applications
Breaking the Scalability Obsession Let’s start with heresy: sometimes writing deliberately non-scalable code is the professional choice. I know, I know – it feels like suggesting a chef should occasionally undercook chicken. But hear me out before you grab the pitchforks. That prototype needed yesterday? That internal tool used by three people? That experimental feature with a 5% adoption chance? Sacrificing scalability here isn’t laziness – it’s strategic triage. Think of scalability debt like financial debt: sometimes taking a small, intentional loan lets you seize an opportunity....