Guides

Practical, vendor-neutral guides to cutting cloud costs and building infrastructure that scales — written by an AWS Solutions Architect.

Cost Optimization

How to Cut Your AWS Bill: 9 High-Impact Savings

A practical, vendor-neutral checklist to cut AWS costs 20–40% — idle resources, Savings Plans, gp3, storage tiering, data transfer, and more.

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gp2 vs gp3: Cut EBS Costs ~20% With Zero Downtime

Why gp3 is cheaper and faster than gp2, when gp2 still wins, and how to migrate in place with no downtime.

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AWS Savings Plans vs Reserved Instances: Which Saves More?

Compute Savings Plans vs Reserved Instances compared — discounts, flexibility, capacity reservation, and how to pick the right commitment.

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The AWS Well-Architected Review: A Plain-English Checklist

A plain-English checklist across all six Well-Architected pillars — security, reliability, cost, performance, operations, and sustainability.

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