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Aug 3, 2026 · Operations

Cost Optimization at Ten‑Million QPS: Turning Ignored Expenses into Core Design

At ten‑million QPS scale, the article explains why cost shifts from a hidden after‑the‑fact bill to a primary design goal, detailing how to make costs observable, improve utilization, right‑size resources, leverage Spot and reserved instances, apply architectural savings, and embed FinOps culture while preserving SLA.