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Cloud cost, done right
Field notes on FinOps for engineers, cloud waste, and turning savings into shipped changes.
Aug 4, 2026 · #cloud-waste
Idle and orphaned: the silent tax on every cloud account
Zombie volumes, unattached IPs, and idle databases accumulate in every account. A repeatable sweep reclaims them without breaking anything.
Read →Aug 1, 2026 · #rightsizing
How to rightsize without breaking production
Rightsizing is the highest-impact, lowest-risk cloud saving — if you do it with evidence and a rollback. Here’s a safe, repeatable way to do it.
Read →Jul 31, 2026 · #storage
Your storage bill is mostly forgotten decisions
gp2 volumes, orphaned snapshots, and un-tiered S3 compound quietly. Storage waste is the cost of choices nobody ever revisits.
Read →Jul 29, 2026 · #commitments
Commitments without regret: Savings Plans vs RIs vs Spot
Commitments cut rates but lock in whatever you commit to. A portfolio approach layers them under a baseline you can actually measure.
Read →Jul 27, 2026 · #kubernetes
Kubernetes is a cost black box until you allocate it
A shared cluster bill hides which team, service, and pod drove the spend. Here is how to turn node cost into per-workload truth.
Read →Jul 24, 2026 · #finops
FinOps for engineers: make cost a metric, not a meeting
FinOps works when cost behaves like any other engineering signal — measured continuously, owned by the team, and acted on in the normal flow of work.
Read →Jul 23, 2026 · #networking
The NAT gateway tax: the line item nobody reads
Data-processing and cross-AZ transfer quietly turn NAT gateways into a top-3 bill item. Here is how to see the flows and cut the charge.
Read →Jul 15, 2026 · #cloud-waste
The 30% problem: cloud waste is an execution failure
Most cloud bills carry 20–30% waste. It persists not because teams can’t see it, but because seeing waste and fixing it are two different jobs.
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