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- Don't build custom monitoring when native tooling will do.
- Don't architect multi-region unless single-region reliability is proven.
- Don't automate processes that haven't manually run at least 10 times.
- Don't take meetings without a clear technical problem statement first.
- Don't say "yes" to every new AWS service that launches.
- Don't build from scratch what already exists as managed services.
- Don't skip load testing because "it probably scales."
- Don't deploy on Fridays unless there's a genuine emergency.
- Don't design for theoretical scale we won't hit for 3+ years.
- Don't add complexity for problems we don't actually have yet.
- Don't chase the latest tech trend without understanding the trade-offs.
The truth: saying "no" to the wrong things gives you capacity to say "yes" to what actually matters. Not every problem needs a clever solution. Sometimes the boring answer is the right one. Your infrastructure should solve real problems, not showcase every tool in your arsenal.
Elliott FraserGroup Lead Cloud Architect & DevSecOps Manager | AWS
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