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The Cloud Cost Constriction

Blessing Flanagan 路 29 Jul 2026

A massive cloud services bill has just landed and I am struggling to understand how our usage has skyrocketed, we do not have a clear picture of our current cloud infrastructure. Our finance team is now breathing down my neck to get costs under control, but I do not know where to start. As someone who oversees our tech budget, I need to know how others are managing their cloud spend, what tools or strategies are you using to keep your cloud costs in check. Are there any simple ways to identify areas of waste and optimize our cloud usage without sacrificing performance?
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Ashton Harvey 路 29 Jul 2026

The interview process is completely broken. I was asked to do a take home project that was basically building their actual product. For free.

Emmett Bishop 路 29 Jul 2026

Backups are worthless if you have not tested restores. We do a full restore test every quarter now. Takes a day but worth it.
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Wayne Obrien 路 29 Jul 2026

State management we settled on Zustand for global state and React Query for server state. Simple and it works.

Sloane Bell 路 29 Jul 2026

For mobile API design the biggest win was adding response compression and paginating aggressively. cellular networks are slow.

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