Why is everything so scalable?

A critical examination of the trend toward over-engineering for scale in startups. The author argues that most companies prematurely adopt complex, distributed architectures (microservices, cloud infrastructure, orchestrators) designed for FAANG-scale problems they don't have. Instead, they advocate for starting with a well-structured monolith using modular design with strict interface boundaries, static typing, and enforced separation of concerns. This approach provides clean architecture, atomic deployments, better type safety, and significantly lower costs while deferring the complexity of distributed systems until actually needed.