Choosing between Vertical and Horizontal Scaling for Your App

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Software Engineer @ Self-employed | MERN Stack, AWS, Linux

Vertical vs Horizontal Scaling: How Do You Grow an App? When your app grows, it’s not just about adding more features… it’s about making sure it can handle more users, more data, and more traffic without breaking. That’s where scaling comes in 👇 🔹 Vertical Scaling (Scaling Up) Add more power (CPU, RAM) to your existing server Simple and quick for small projects But… it has limits (you can’t upgrade forever) 🔹 Horizontal Scaling (Scaling Out) Add more servers and distribute the load Ideal for large, high-traffic systems More complex to manage (load balancing, syncing data) 💡 Analogy: ➡ Vertical Scaling = Making one elevator faster 🛗 ➡ Horizontal Scaling = Adding more elevators 🏢 👉 Question for you: If you were building a startup app today, would you go with Vertical Scaling first or jump straight to Horizontal Scaling? #Scaling #SystemDesign #BackendDevelopment #CloudComputing #SoftwareArchitecture #WebDevelopment #FullStack #Microservices #Tech

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