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Technical deep-dives on AWS cost optimization. Real data, no fluff.

New Feature Alert: Waste and Anomaly Detection

Stop bleeding money on AWS. CloudWise now automatically detects idle resources and cost...

January 23, 20264 min read

AWSCloudDevOps

From Manual Tagging to AI Detection

Building CloudWise has given me a unique view into AWS spending patterns across hundreds of...

January 16, 20261 min read

AWSCloudDevOps

Orphaned EBS Volumes Costing You $$$?

Building CloudWise has given me a unique view into AWS spending patterns across hundreds of...

January 9, 20261 min read

AWSCloudDevOps

I Built an AI-Powered AWS Waste Detector (and Found $4,200 in My Own Account)

The $4,200 Mistake I once left a staging environment running on AWS for 6 months. Cost:...

December 9, 20254 min read

AWSCloud ComputingDevOps

The $847 Idle RDS Instance: A Deep Dive into AWS Cost Optimization

As the founder of CloudWise, an AWS cost optimization platform, I have spent countless hours...

November 26, 20254 min read

AWSArchitectureDevOps

How to Set Up AWS Cost Explorer (and Why It’s Not Enough)

Managing AWS spend starts with visibility — and AWS Cost Explorer is often the first tool teams reach...

November 8, 20253 min read

AWSFinOpsDevOps

The 5 AWS Services That Secretly Drain Your Budget (and How to Stop Them)

AWS bills often creep up because of quiet services that run in the background. This guide shows the...

November 6, 20256 min read

How I'm letting users shape my product roadmap (and why you should too)

I launched CloudWise AI Copilot yesterday - an AI assistant that explains AWS costs in plain...

November 5, 20251 min read

AWSCloudcostoptimizationBuildinpublic

AI copilot that explains AWS cost changes in plain English

Hi Dev.to, I'm Rick, the solo founder of CloudWise, and I just shipped AI Copilot for AWS cost...

November 4, 20251 min read

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