Why Independence Matters More Than Scale in Investment Software Architecture

Most investment platforms don’t fail because they can’t scale. They fail because everything scales together.  In regulated investment environments, scale doesn’t arrive neatly. It comes in bursts: market volatility, reporting deadlines, compliance reviews, portfolio queries; all hitting the system at once. When architecture is tightly coupled, these spikes don’t just slow one function down. They slow everything.  This is where many systems begin … Continue reading Why Independence Matters More Than Scale in Investment Software Architecture