At OSMC 2025, Daniel Mitterdorfer delivered a talk that hit a sore spot for many engineers, SREs, and architects in the room: Capacity Planning with the Universal Scalability Law. The session tackled one of the most uncomfortable (and common) questions in infrastructure engineering: “We expect 50% more users next quarter. How many more servers do we need?” Instead of relying on gut feelings or optimistic vendor promises, Daniel introduced us to a mathematical model that turns "guessing" into...
