Just because you move the cost external to your model does not mean the cost went away.

· Bits and Bobs 2/3/25
  • Just because you move the cost external to your model does not mean the cost went away.
    • You just changed how you account for it in a misleading way.
    • A large portion of "cost reduction" approaches actually just move the cost to a less legible region external to the model.
    • Sweeping it under the rug.
    • Monsters swept under the rug can still bite you.