Harshil Yogi

𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗔𝗪𝗦 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻'𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰.

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆'𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻.

If your bill creeps up every month, here's where I look first:

✅ 𝗡𝗔𝗧...

𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗪𝗦 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗧𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗮𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗜/𝗖𝗗 𝗽𝗶𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀.

𝗜 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗽.

Here's the uncomfortable truth: the code is not the value. Terraform is free. GitHub...

𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗞𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗲𝘀.

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗮 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗻'𝘁 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱.

Here's the trade-off I actually weigh before recommending either.

EKS...

Your AWS bill doesn't suddenly become expensive.

It usually happens quietly.

An oversized EC2 instance here. An unused EBS volume there. A forgotten load balancer. Logs growing without a retention strategy. Resources running 24/7 when they don't need to.

The problem isn't always...