2 posts tagged with "DevOps"

Last week, a junior developer at my company asked me which operating system they should use for web development. This seemingly simple question led to a thoughtful discussion about the strengths and weaknesses of different operating systems for software development. As developers, our choice of OS significantly impacts our productivity, workflow, and even the types of projects we can efficiently work on.

In this post, I'll compare the major operating systems from a developer's perspective. Having worked extensively with Windows, macOS, and various Linux distributions throughout my career, I'll share insights on when each excels and where they fall short.

Last quarter, our CFO called me into an unexpected meeting. "Our AWS bill has doubled in the past year," she said, sliding a chart across the table. "We need to get this under control without slowing down product development."

This wasn't a unique situation. Across the industry, companies are facing the same challenge: cloud costs are spiraling upward while budgets are tightening. The days of treating cloud resources as essentially unlimited are over.

After three months of focused effort, we reduced our cloud spend by 42% without compromising performance or reliability. In this post, I'll share the strategies, tools, and architectural patterns that worked for us, along with the hard-earned lessons from approaches that didn't.