Use the six Well-Architected pillars as a review lens for common cloud design tradeoffs.
The six pillars keep a workload from being optimized for only one kind of success. What the pillars cover Operational excellence focuses on running and improving the system. Security covers identity, access, data protection, and detective controls. Reliability covers failure tolerance and recovery. Performance efficiency looks at resource choices and scaling behavior. Cost optimization checks whether spending matches business value. Sustainability pushes teams to reduce waste through efficient architecture and usage patterns. Why a pillar lens beats gut feel Teams naturally review what just hurt them last. After an incident they over-focus on reliability. After a cost spike they over-focus…
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