diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 4146128..6cd01c9 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -177,14 +177,17 @@ and deploy our app to any "Cloud" provider that supports Postgres. Using an Append-only Log with UUIDs as Primary Keys is _all_ the "ground work"
needed to ensure that _any_ app we build -is _prepared_ to scale **_both_ Vertically _and_ Horizontally**. ✅ 🚀
+is _prepared_ to +[**scale _both_ Vertically _and_ Horizontally**](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11707879/difference-between-scaling-horizontally-and-vertically-for-databases). +✅ 🚀
+ If/when our app reaches **10k writes/sec** -we will be **_insanely_** "**successful**" by _definition_. 🦄 🎉 +we will be **_insanely_** "**successful**" by _definition_. 🦄 🎉
For example: an AWS RDS (PostgreSQL) [`db.m4.16xlarge` instance](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/Concepts.DBInstanceClass.html) -has **256GB** of RAM and can handle **10GB**/second of "throughput". -It's been _benchmarked_ at ***200k writes/second*** ... -if we _ever_ need to use **one** of these instances we will be +has **256GB** of RAM and can handle **10GB**/second of "throughput".
+This instance has been _benchmarked_ at ***200k writes/second*** ...
+If we _ever_ need to use **one** of these instances we will be making enough revenue to hire a _team_ of Database experts! **Bottom line**: _embrace_ Postgres for your App,