https://melchi.me/tags/cost/Recent content in Cost on MelchiHugoenMon, 25 May 2026 22:55:00 +1000https://melchi.me/posts/cloud/Mon, 27 Jul 2020 11:14:32 +1000https://melchi.me/posts/cloud/<blockquote> <p><strong>TL;DR</strong> — Compute is usually the largest line item on your cloud bill. Bills tell you what you spent, not what you used. Measure utilisation with percentiles (P95/P99), not averages. Prefer always-on elastic infrastructure over scheduled shutdowns, and let Kubernetes bin-pack workloads to squeeze more value out of every node.</p> </blockquote> <p>Back in 2015, public cloud services were not well understood. Large enterprises debated whether migrating to the cloud would meet their security requirements, paralysed by fear of the unknown. We have come a long way since — digital transformation is now synonymous with cloud migration. The benefits of on-demand infrastructure and elasticity have made engineers more productive and businesses happier with the promise of improved time-to-market.</p>