Faster hardware is a bad first solution to slow software

If your software is slow, throwing hardware at the problem is often a bad first solution.

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Hmm. I'd actually argue it's a good solution in some cases. We run multiple services where load is intermittent, services are short-lived, or the code is complex and hard to refactor. Just adding hardware resources can be a much cheaper solution than optimizing code.
- It can be cheap in the short term, but is not always an overall sustainable solution.

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