Explore the realities of cloud scaling and capacity constraints in this 29-minute conference talk from SREcon24 Americas. Delve into the challenges faced by Elastic Cloud in managing capacity demands and learn valuable strategies for overcoming these issues. Gain insights into why capacity planning should be a crucial skill for Site Reliability Engineers (SREs). Discover common misconceptions about cloud capacity limitations and understand how to navigate out-of-capacity errors from cloud service providers. Benefit from the speakers' experiences to avoid repeating mistakes in future products and enhance your approach to satisfying application capacity demands.