When designing, developing, and operating systems, consider cost implications early and continuously in order to balance features, time-to-market, and efficiency.
Architect systems that align with the business model's profit levers to achieve economies of scale as revenue permits. Unrestrained growth without profitability erodes value.
Every design decision comes with trade-offs. It's crucial to regularly re-evaluate technical and business trade-offs, and invest in resources aligned to business needs.
Though monitoring systems require upfront investment, they enable organizations to pinpoint wasteful practices, streamline workflows, and strategically allocate resources to priorities.
With robust monitoring in place, you can take action in areas where you have identified opportunities for improvement. By implementing granular controls, you can optimize for both cost and user experience.
The pursuit of cost efficiency is an ongoing journey. Monitor your systems to understand patterns and trim inefficiencies. Continual optimization requires revisiting systems to find further improvements.
Continuously question what's worked in the past. Revisit methods and tools despite previous successes. As Grace Hopper famously stated, one of the most dangerous phrases in English is: "we've always done it this way".
