Free Checklist
12 AWS Mistakes
Killing Your Budget
The most expensive mistakes I see in cloud setups — and how to fix each one in under a day. Based on real audits across startups and enterprises.
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What's inside
12 mistakes, 12 quick fixes
Oversized EC2 instances running 24/7
Right-size using Compute Optimizer and save 20%+ with Graviton.
No Savings Plans for predictable workloads
Stop paying hotel rates for your permanent residence.
Zombie resources on your bill
Idle load balancers, unattached volumes, forgotten snapshots.
CloudWatch logs retained forever
Terabytes of debug logs costing hundreds per month.
NAT Gateway data transfer surprises
One of the most surprising line items on any AWS bill.
Oversized RDS with no query tuning
Slow queries force bigger instances. Fix the queries first.
S3 costs creeping up invisibly
No lifecycle policies means storage grows forever.
Kubernetes nodes at 30% utilisation
Cluster Autoscaler misconfigured or missing entirely.
Cross-region data transfer costs
Chatty microservices racking up transfer charges silently.
No cost alerts or budgets
You find out about spikes when the invoice arrives.
Plus 5 bonus tips — including how to get free AWS credits, where to add caching for instant savings, and why tagging is the foundation of cost control.
Who is this for?
CTOs and engineering leads managing AWS infrastructure
Teams spending $2K–50K/month on cloud and suspect waste
Startups scaling fast with costs growing faster
Anyone who hasn't reviewed their AWS bill in the last 3 months
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