# tag: Cost Optimization
- ▸ pricing-the-design.md · 27 jul 2026
Your architect should be able to price the design
A cloud design that ships without a cost is half a design. Why owning the number produces better architecture, and the one question a leader should always ask.
read → - ▸ virtual-wan-vs-hub-and-spoke.md · 25 jul 2026
Virtual WAN vs hub-and-spoke: a cost-of-management decision
Virtual WAN gets picked because it sounds like the grown-up option. Here's the actual trade against hub-and-spoke, and how to decide it on arithmetic rather than instinct.
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