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CEO and Founder at Polar Signals

Once users get used to a certain system performance, it becomes the standard. This is problematic with systems like Prometheus, which has been steadily optimized to a local maximum over the last 10 years. Problematic because we know there are architectural changes that can get it into the area of a much better local optimum, but it would require first starting over and living with a less performant system for some time. Is there a name for this kind of performance dilemma?

Dossy Shiobara

I love a good puzzle.

1mo

Sunk cost?

👨💻Minh Luu

Software Engineer @ MongoDB, Ex-Google

1mo

Somehow this reminds me of the innovator's dilemma too: It's not that the incumbent can't innovate, it's that they don't want to cannibalize their current position.

Scott Moore ⚛

Software Engineering, Tech Media Content. DevPerfOps, Performance engineering, Observability, Testing, AI. Consulting, Education, and Entertainment.

1mo

Technical debt?

Scott Moore ⚛

Software Engineering, Tech Media Content. DevPerfOps, Performance engineering, Observability, Testing, AI. Consulting, Education, and Entertainment.

1mo

Post mature optimization

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