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by svnt 45 days ago
> If you meant there is a case where reducing the network latency […] is actually a negative then I'd love to hear more about it

That is exactly what parent did:

> they are doing an insane level of complexity to shave off ~100 ms

The downside is everything they had to do to achieve it, and maintaining that capability going forward, when the product can tolerate much more. It is the definition of premature optimization.

It just maybe isn’t at a level where it is relevant in your argument/decision space in IT.