Cloud Maturity Is Not About Being 100% Cloud

For years, “cloud-first” has been treated as a badge of honor. Companies proudly announce that everything is in the cloud, architects optimize for migrations instead of outcomes, and teams equate progress with how little infrastructure they still own. But after working with dozens of real systems, across different industries and at different scales, one thing becomes clear. Cloud maturity is not about being 100% cloud. It is about knowing why each workload is where it is. ...

January 23, 2026 · 5 min · Ricardo Martins