--- title: "The Turbotax of AWS Billing" id: "11129" type: "podcast" slug: "the-turbotax-of-aws-billing" published_at: "2021-10-20T10:00:00+00:00" modified_at: "2026-08-20T05:30:56+00:00" url: "https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/the-turbotax-of-aws-billing/" markdown_url: "https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/the-turbotax-of-aws-billing.md" taxonomy_shows: - "Last Week In AWS Podcast" --- About the Author Corey is the Chief Cloud Economist at Duckbill, where he specializes in helping companies improve their AWS bills by making them smaller and less horrifying. He also hosts the "Screaming in the Cloud" and "AWS Morning Brief" podcasts; and curates "Last Week in AWS," a weekly newsletter summarizing the latest in AWS news, blogs, and tools, sprinkled with snark and thoughtful analysis in roughly equal measure. [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aws-morning-brief/id1466344305](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aws-morning-brief/id1466344305) [https://overcast.fm/itunes1466344305/aws-morning-brief](https://overcast.fm/itunes1466344305/aws-morning-brief) [https://pca.st/AKs0](https://pca.st/AKs0) [https://podcastaddict.com/podcast/2382583](https://podcastaddict.com/podcast/2382583) [https://open.spotify.com/show/3A04JNrNAcZMvn8cvDWpWU](https://open.spotify.com/show/3A04JNrNAcZMvn8cvDWpWU) [https://feeds.transistor.fm/aws-morning-brief](https://feeds.transistor.fm/aws-morning-brief) ## Episode Summary AWS Morning Brief Extras edition for the week of October 20, 2021. ## Episode Show Notes & Transcript Want to give your ears a break and read this as an article? You’re looking for this link. https://www.lastweekinaws.com/blog/The-Turbotax-of-AWS-Billing **Never miss an episode** - [Join the Last Week in AWS newsletter](https://lastweekinaws.com/) - Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts **Help the show** - [Leave a review](https://lastweekinaws.com/review) - [Share your feedback](https://lastweekinaws.com/feedback/) - Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts **What's Corey up to?** - [Follow Corey on Twitter (@quinnypig)](https://twitter.com/quinnypig/) - [See our recent work at the Duckbill Group](https://duckbillgroup.com/clients/) - [Apply to work with Corey and the Duckbill Group to help lower your AWS bill](https://www.duckbillgroup.com/services/) View Full Transcript Hide Full Transcript ## You might also like [More Podcast Episodes](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/) ### [Your Database Is a Data Lake Now, Apparently](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/your-database-is-a-data-lake-now-apparently/) Last Week In AWS Podcast 10.05.2026 6 Minutes [Listen Now](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/your-database-is-a-data-lake-now-apparently/) ### [The Week AWS Was Wrong, Not Broken](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/the-week-aws-was-wrong-not-broken/) Last Week In AWS Podcast 09.28.2026 6 Minutes [Listen Now](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/the-week-aws-was-wrong-not-broken/) ### [T8i Instances Bursting With Mild Enthusiasm](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/t8i-instances-bursting-with-mild-enthusiasm/) Last Week In AWS Podcast 09.21.2026 4 Minutes [Listen Now](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/t8i-instances-bursting-with-mild-enthusiasm/)