Everyone thinks manual scaling is fine - Downtime costs real money. What 99.999999999% durability actually teaches us

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Why teams still rely on manual scaling despite rising costs Most operations teams I meet have a ritual: monitor dashboards, wait for alerts, jump in, and add capacity. Manual scaling feels safe. It's visible