Some of the most fundamental laws of nature – across biology, physics and mathematics alike – tell us that as things grow, they become more complex. And as things become more complex, they require more complex infrastructure to support that very thing. The ability of something to scale relies nearly wholly on the ability of its infrastructure to scale with it. Without that infrastructure, it dies (in biology) or fails (in engineering). Knowing this, it should come as no surprise that as the complexity of the technology scales, so too must the infrastructure supporting the technology. For example, designing a…

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