Aug 3, 2023 · 4 min read · I had the opportunity to attend the AWS Cloud Day event in Melbourne recently, and it was quite an experience. It's great to see AWS hosting an event like this in Melbourne, as we can't keep losing to Sydney for such events. No pun intended :). In th...
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Jul 3, 2023 · 4 min read · "Harinder, How are our services performing? Anything out of the ordinary I need to be aware of?" Background One of my previous roles involved establishing a Performance Engineering capability for a service domain. The domain had numerous squads respo...
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Jun 6, 2023 · 4 min read · This is the follow up post to the article I previously wrote called "Ouch! SQS Left A Hole In Your Pocket. So What's Next?". A few years ago, I was assigned to investigate an increase in our AWS SQS service cost. While relying solely on native cloud ...
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Apr 2, 2023 · 4 min read · Although the below graphs are generated for the same time frame and AWS RDS service in AWS Cost Explorer, why does the daily cost of the service seem to vary over time? There are numerous reasons why these graphs appear different when viewed separat...
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Nov 23, 2022 · 3 min read · If you are just getting started with cloud migration, there are a few basic things you can do to monitor and manage your cloud costs. If you use AWS, for example, you can set Budget alerts, use Trusted Advisor for cost optimization advice, AWS Cost E...
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Apr 22, 2022 · 3 min read · Cloud computing has been around for two decades, and despite the data pointing to business efficiencies and cost-benefits, there are still a slew of ways for businesses to lose money and end up with a hole in their pockets. Not architecting applicati...
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