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Horizontal vs Vertical Scaling: Scale Up Until You Can't (2026)

Horizontal vs vertical scaling in 2026 — scale up (a bigger box) versus scale out (more boxes), the hardware ceiling, why horizontal needs statelessness, and the diagonal middle ground.

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