# The 3 curves that make a scalable business

DevFeed: [The 3 curves that make a scalable business](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-3-curves-that-make-a-scalable-business-37644.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://swizec.com/blog/the-3-curves-that-make-a-scalable-business>)

Author: hi@swizec.com (Swizec Teller)

Published: 2026-02-10T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Swizec Teller](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/swizec-teller.md>)

Topics: [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>), [Code quality](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code-quality.md>), [Processes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/processes.md>), [Users](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/users.md>)

Tags: [automate](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automate.md>), [bugs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bugs.md>), [code-quality](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code-quality.md>), [documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/documentation.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [revenue](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/revenue.md>), [scale](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scale.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>), [standard](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/standard.md>), [support](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/support.md>), [test](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/test.md>), [users](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/users.md>)

## AI overview

An opinion article explains three growth curves behind a scalable business: users and revenue should grow exponentially, bugs linearly, and support work logarithmically. It argues that retention, automation, code quality, testing, documentation, and streamlined processes help engineering organizations scale.

## Source excerpt

You want users and revenue to grow exponentially. Bugs per day to grow linearly. Support work to grow logarithmically. Your goal is to make this happen.