SOMETIMES THE SIMPLEST QUESTIONS EXPOSE THE BIGGEST INEFFICIENCIES

A major platform takeover sparked an interesting moment: new leadership asked point-blank—"Why are we running three separate server farms?"

The engineering team's response was textbook: redundancy, backup systems, caching optimization. Standard practice, right?

But here's where it gets revealing. The new leadership pushed back. Wasn't convinced by the "we've always done it this way" logic.

This is the kind of moment that separates moving fast from standing still. Most organizations never question their infrastructure decisions once they're buried in technical debt. But what if someone actually does?

It raises a bigger question for any platform—whether crypto exchanges, Web3 protocols, or traditional SaaS: Are you maintaining systems, or are you optimizing them? There's a difference between redundancy that saves you and redundancy that costs you. Understanding which is which? That's execution.

The lesson isn't about server farms specifically. It's about having the clarity to ask uncomfortable questions and the conviction to act on the answers.