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Technical deep-dives on AWS cost optimization, cloud waste detection, and FinOps automation.

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

ShowdevStartupAI

New Feature Alert: Cost Tracker

Product update from the CloudWise journey The Problem Many users struggled to monitor AWS...

October 31, 20251 min read

AWSCost OptimizationCloudwise

AWS Cost Anomaly Detection: When machine learning meets your billing

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

October 29, 20251 min read

AWSFinOpsCost Optimization

Building CloudWise: Why AWS Cost Tools Failed Startups (And How We Fixed It)

The Breaking Point "We can't afford AWS cost tools, but we're bleeding money on AWS." I...

October 28, 20251 min read

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