The very thought of a single storage request hitting the network unnecessarily boils my blood.
Some latency increase must be traded for scalability. But at least we get the required utility in return.
But without that utility, one is just hiking up the cost. Any competitor who can deliver at reduced cost holds a potent weapon that you simply cannot survive.
A company that has efficient cost structure across its operational domains holds an advantage which is near impossible to out-compete. A sense of inevitability and resilience is what reduction in cost buys you.
Cost is a weapon. One of the most fundamental weapons in almost all domains.
Some latency increase must be traded for scalability. But at least we get the required utility in return.
But without that utility, one is just hiking up the cost. Any competitor who can deliver at reduced cost holds a potent weapon that you simply cannot survive.
A company that has efficient cost structure across its operational domains holds an advantage which is near impossible to out-compete. A sense of inevitability and resilience is what reduction in cost buys you.
Cost is a weapon. One of the most fundamental weapons in almost all domains.