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Building Scalable Apps Using Platform-as-a-Service

Early success can be a scary thing for startups. The joy from newfound attention can quickly turn to dread when the app that’s being heralded comes crashing down because it wasn’t prepared to scale.

To help developers avoid the pitfalls of scaling, we’ll briefly dive into why it’s important, the different methods, and why a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) is the right tool for the job.

Vertical scaling is a good solution for scaling issues created when an existing pool of workers is straining to best leverage their existing resources.

This allows for effectively a zero-downtime method of scaling — whether it is vertical scaling to move your workload to bigger more capable infrastructure instances, or adding more resources to run more instances of your app.