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What is the healthiest performance judgment around container and process shape?
Multiple choiceHardchapter-18-curatedpremiumarchitecturecontainer-and-process-shape
FROM python:3.12-slim
WORKDIR /app
COPY pyproject.toml .
COPY order_ops ./order_opsAnswer and explanation
Correct answer
B. Measure before optimizing, then change the part that actually dominates cost instead of guessing from style alone.
Why
Premature optimization is usually weaker than targeted optimization backed by measurement.
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