Why Your Code Isn't as Scalable as You Think It Is (And How to Fix It Before It Haunts Your Dreams)
Picture this: You’ve just deployed your shiny new application. It runs like a cheetah on espresso during testing. Fast forward three months - your users are complaining about 3AM timeouts, and your database looks like a Jenga tower after three rounds of tequila shots. Welcome to Scalability Hell, population: your pride. graph TD A[User Requests] --> B[Monolithic Service] B --> C[Overloaded Database] C --> D["🔥 (Server Meltdown)"] The Myth of “It Works on My Machine” Let’s start with a truth bomb: Scalability isn’t magic....
