ARM vs x86 cloud servers: benchmark the whole workload
ARM vs x86 cloud servers: benchmark the whole workload. A practical production guide with diagnostic commands, failure interpretation, and a safe decision…
Backup storage cost: retention, change rate, and restore speed
Backup storage cost: retention, change rate, and restore speed. A practical production guide with diagnostic commands, failure interpretation, and a safe…
Cloud cost audit checklist: find waste without breaking production
Cloud cost audit checklist: find waste without breaking production. A practical production guide with diagnostic commands, failure interpretation, and a…
Cloud disk snapshot cost and retention surprises
Cloud disk snapshot cost and retention surprises. A practical production guide with diagnostic commands, failure interpretation, and a safe decision sequence.
Cloud egress cost: the architecture tax hiding in traffic
Cloud egress cost: the architecture tax hiding in traffic. A practical production guide with diagnostic commands, failure interpretation, and a safe…
Cloud free tiers: useful experiment, risky architecture
Cloud free tiers: useful experiment, risky architecture. A practical production guide with diagnostic commands, failure interpretation, and a safe decision…
Load balancer cost for small applications: value vs overhead
Load balancer cost for small applications: value vs overhead. A practical production guide with diagnostic commands, failure interpretation, and a safe…
Kubernetes vs a few VMs: when orchestration costs more
Kubernetes vs a few VMs: when orchestration costs more. A practical production guide with diagnostic commands, failure interpretation, and a safe decision…
Infrastructure cost per customer: build a useful unit metric
Infrastructure cost per customer: build a useful unit metric. A practical production guide with diagnostic commands, failure interpretation, and a safe…
Idle servers cost more than compute: patching and attack surface
Idle servers cost more than compute: patching and attack surface. A practical production guide with diagnostic commands, failure interpretation, and a safe…
Managed database vs self-hosted: price the pager
Managed database vs self-hosted: price the pager. A practical production guide with diagnostic commands, failure interpretation, and a safe decision sequence.
Multi-region architecture cost: duplicate capacity and data movement
Multi-region architecture cost: duplicate capacity and data movement. A practical production guide with diagnostic commands, failure interpretation, and a…
NAT gateway cost: map private-subnet traffic first
NAT gateway cost: map private-subnet traffic first. A practical production guide with diagnostic commands, failure interpretation, and a safe decision sequence.
Reduce the observability bill without deleting incident evidence
Reduce the observability bill without deleting incident evidence. A practical production guide with diagnostic commands, failure interpretation, and a safe…
Reserved capacity break-even: utilization and flexibility
Reserved capacity break-even: utilization and flexibility. A practical production guide with diagnostic commands, failure interpretation, and a safe…
Rightsize a Linux VM using pressure, not average CPU
Rightsize a Linux VM using pressure, not average CPU. A practical production guide with diagnostic commands, failure interpretation, and a safe decision…
The total cost of self-hosting open source software
The total cost of self-hosting open source software. A practical production guide with diagnostic commands, failure interpretation, and a safe decision…
Serverless cost spikes: retries, concurrency, and fan-out
Serverless cost spikes: retries, concurrency, and fan-out. A practical production guide with diagnostic commands, failure interpretation, and a safe…
Spot instances: which workloads can survive interruption?
Spot instances: which workloads can survive interruption?. A practical production guide with diagnostic commands, failure interpretation, and a safe…
VPS vs PaaS cost: include the operator, not just the invoice
VPS vs PaaS cost: include the operator, not just the invoice. A practical production guide with diagnostic commands, failure interpretation, and a safe…