max indelicato:17 Distributed Systems and Web Scalability Resources

Well, scaling an application in my opinion, i like doing the dishes after a really big dinner, nobody wants to do it, but you have to.
Just leaving it there will only make the process of cleaning and washing the dishes worst, and might add some more problems on the way.
Max Indelicato stats in his blog a list of 17 Distributed Systems and Web Scalability Resources which makes it easier to understand and to implement a proper application scaling policy, and on time.