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# [The $90k Observability Bill: Why Your Cardinality Limit Is the One Knob That Matters](https://zopdev.hashnode.dev/the-90k-observability-bill-why-your-cardinality-limit-is-the-one-knob-that-matters?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

The observability bill at a 50-engineer org goes from \\(8,000/month in year one to \\)90,000/month by year three. The growth never gets a budget review because each individual instrumentation change lo

May 13 · 14 min read · zopdev.hashnode.dev  
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