Horizontal Scaling
Horizontal Scaling is adding more servers to handle increased load instead of making existing servers bigger. It's like opening more checkout lanes instead of making one cashier work faster. Most cloud architectures prefer horizontal scaling because it's practically limitless.
Definition
Adding more servers to handle increased load instead of making existing servers bigger. It's like opening more checkout lanes instead of making one cashier work faster. Most cloud architectures prefer horizontal scaling because it's practically limitless.
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CI/CD
Short for Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment. It automates testing and deploying your code so you can ship faster with fewer bugs.
Continuous Integration
The practice of automatically building and testing code every time someone pushes changes. Catches problems early instead of at release time.
Continuous Deployment
Automatically deploying code to production after it passes all tests. No manual "deploy" button—if tests pass, it ships.
DevOps
A culture and set of practices that bridges development and operations. The goal is faster, more reliable releases through automation and collaboration.
Infrastructure as Code
Managing servers, databases, and networks through config files instead of clicking around dashboards. Version controlled, repeatable, and way less error-prone.