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AWS cost & cloud engineering, in practice

Short, specific guides from real enterprise AWS operations. No fluff, no vendor pitches, just the math and the runbooks.

July 2026 · 6 min read

5 AWS Cost Quick Wins You Can Ship This Week

gp2 to gp3, orphaned EBS volumes, idle public IPs, non-prod scheduling, and S3 lifecycle policies. Five changes with near-zero risk that routinely cut 5–15% of an AWS bill.

July 2026 · 7 min read

The Graviton Math: When ARM Beats x86 on Your AWS Bill

Graviton instances cost roughly 20% less per vCPU. Where the switch is a one-line change, where it needs real testing, and a worked ROI example for a 40-instance fleet.

July 2026 · 8 min read

Reserved Instances vs. Savings Plans: What to Buy in 2026

Compute Savings Plans, EC2 Instance Savings Plans, Standard and Convertible RIs, and the services Savings Plans still don't cover. A commitment strategy that doesn't lock you into yesterday's architecture.

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