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CLOUD-ARCHITECTURE4 MIN READ

Cloud architecture review battlecards

Recall concise review responses that keep cloud architecture discussions grounded in trade-offs.

Objection handler We should choose the cheapest service. Cost pressure is real, but the service supports a customer-facing workflow. Your line Let's compare total cost of ownership: service price, operating burden, reliability risk, and exit cost. Arguing that cost does not matter. It respects cost while widening the frame to architecture consequences. Trade-off lens Single-region HA versus multi-region Choose based on SLO, RTO, RPO, data rules, and test cadence. ADR prompt What four fields must a lightweight ADR answer? Context, options, decision, consequences. Those fields preserve the why, not just the what. Managed services create lock-in. A managed database is…

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