
Beware the Real-Time Trap: Your Fresh Data Could Be Slowing Down Your Dashboards
Published: February 1, 2026
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Stop chasing "speed" as a monolith. Data latency and query latency are fundamentally different problems. Optimizing for fresh data often degrades dashboard responsiveness, and vice versa. The real challenge isn't building the fastest system—it's aligning your architecture with actual business needs while managing exponential costs.
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