Cloud infrastructure scales easily, but the underlying code still dictates cost and efficiency. I’ve seen large-scale enterprise environments lose performance and overspend simply because scaling masked inefficient architecture.
McKinsey identified six critical mistakes in cloud economics — one of them is relying on scaling instead of optimization.
Each line of code is a financial decision — inefficiency directly impacts cost.
In my experience with high volume print and order-processing systems, rewriting critical modules instead of adding servers reduced latency and eliminated peak-time scaling costs.
Optimization before scaling ensures reliability, cost predictability, and performance stability.
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