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# [AWS Glue Cost Optimization: The 8 Traps That Inflate Your Bill](https://thehammadtariq.hashnode.dev/aws-glue-cost-optimization-the-8-traps-that-inflate-your-bill?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Glue bill shock is almost never a pricing problem. It's a defaults problem. Here's where the money leaks.

Jun 23 · 3 min read · thehammadtariq.hashnode.dev  
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