The Frugal Architect

Werner Vogels, CTO of Amazon.com, always has fantastic keynotes. This year a key topic was the “Frugal Architect”.

You know that I am convinced that with AWS companies can be more competitive, more secure and more sustainable. And for all this to be true - you need to be frugal. Frugality will mean less costs, less energy, les emissions and easier to secure.

The “Frugal Architect” is the new (online) book of laws for builders and technologists.

Cost-aware applications is a lost art that we need to regain, and sustainability is an absolute necessity.

So insightful!

DESIGN

I. Cost is a Non-Functional Requirement – you have to keep it in mind at all times

II. System that Last Align Cost to Business – keep to close to business partners

III. Architecting is a Series of Trade-Offs – between functional and non-functional requirements

MEASURE

IV. Unobserved Systems Lead to Unknown Costs – measuring costs everywhere precisely changes behaviors

V. Cost Aware Architectures Implement Cost Controls – put mechanisms and don’t rely on good intentions 

OPTIMIZE

VI. Cost Optimization is Incremental – eliminate the digital waste and embrace savings opportunities

VII. Unchallenged Success Leads to Assumptions – or never accept again the sentence ‘we have always done it this way’

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