The Hidden Bottleneck: Why Your Prices Can Be Wrong Even When Your Database Is Right
Every time you load a product page, the price you see may not reflect what the system actually knows. The database holding the authoritative figure can be fully up to date, the servers can be running without fault, and the checkout can be ready — yet you still encounter a number that is an hour out of date. The problem is not the source of truth. It is the layer of infrastructure sitting between that source and your screen.