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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.
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Reading Observability Tools? That’s a Robot’s Job
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Reading Observability Tools? That’s a Robot’s Job
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.
A CEO’s Experience Taking the New AWS Cloud Practitioner Exam Online Exam
I took the new online option for the AWS Cloud Practitioner exam. It was a bit of a rocky start, but also surprisingly promising.
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.