I played around with Google Cloud, expecting it to be terrible. It wasn’t.
There are few things less satisfying than when you set up to dunk on a Google product, but discover it's unexpectedly awesome.
It’s Time to Rethink the AWS Free Tier
AWS's free tier was imagined as a no-risk way to test out AWS services before building meaningful infrastructure on the platform. The reality has become something very different.
Ask Me Anything About AWS Billing
Twitter asked a bunch of questions about the AWS bill; I took it upon myself to respond to a selection of them.
An AWS Bill Analysis: Changelogs.md
The changelogs.md AWS bill was opened to our analysis. Here's what we found...
5 Takeaways from Poking around IBM Cloud
The problem with IBM Cloud's aggressive marketing campaign is that someone might actually try using it.
Google Cloud is (Probably) Here to Stay
For myriad reasons, GCP isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. And that’s a good thing.
With Compute Optimizer, AWS Finds an Actual Use For AI/ML
AWS has granted my wish and turned its AI/ML focus toward the most intractable of problems: the AWS bill.
5 Pervasive AWS Myths Debunked
How did re:Invent get its name, what is EC2’s origin story, and how does Amazon name its services? We spoke with company brass to find out.
AWS Begins Sunsetting RIs; Replaces Them With Something Much, Much Better
Don't worry, Reserved Instances will still be around. You just don't have to think about them anymore unless you want to.
Should I pick DigitalOcean or AWS for my next project?
DigitalOcean vs. AWS: A Smackdown
AWS Cross-AZ Data Transfer Costs More Than AWS Says
When it comes to the exact cost cross-AZ data transfer, the AWS documentation is a bit ambiguous. So I ran a little experiment to figure out how much it costs to move data between availability zones in the same region.