Autoscaling Gone Wrong – When Cloud Expansion Becomes Waste

Autoscaling promises elasticity — but without intelligent policy and optimized code, it often creates idle capacity and unnecessary cost.

Evidence

Cloud usage audits have found clusters running 30–40% idle due to poor scaling rules and conservative thresholds.

Experience

In distributed data acceptance systems for print production, we prioritized intelligent thread pooling, modular architecture, and efficient socket management — achieving reliable scalability without waste.

Key takeaway

Smart code and scaling policies complement each other. Blind scaling creates hidden waste and unpredictable bills.

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