Founder boosts CPU utilization with adaptive capacity planning instead of chasing users
DanielLockyer · x · 2026-10-09
jsneedles spent the week optimizing his graphs upward—not users or revenue, but CPU and memory—using adaptive capacity planning to utilize resources more thoroughly, cutting scale-outs while winning on both cost and performance. DanielLockyer amplified it with the 'utilizationmaxx' meme.
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