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I shaved a bit off our AWS bill and my CFO at the time asked if it was worth my time. I asked him if he knew how you get a huge AWS bill with no idea how to fix

I shaved a bit off our AWS bill and my CFO at the time asked if it was worth my time. I asked him if he knew how you get a huge AWS bill with no idea how to fix? A little bit at a time. People get lazy because things seem good and let questionable hires and other expenses slide by because why not, there's plenty of money.

ushakov 4y ago
see, that's why we don't use AWS
- matwood 4y ago
  Toosh!
  - TheDong 4y ago
    ... I have to ask, is this some word I don't know, or is this a misspelling of 'touché'?
    - veb 4y ago
      Is a real word apparently: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/toosh https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/toosh
    - matwood 4y ago
      It's a joke from a, IMO, really funny show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bQMjmVmkF4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bQMjmVmkF4
SkyPuncher 4y ago
> I asked him if he knew how you get a huge AWS bill with no idea how to fix? A little bit at a time But that doesn't answer his question. Was it worth it? You get tech debt a little at a time, but it can be hugely valuable to leverage it for growth.
- matwood 4y ago
  Of course there is more nuance than my short story implies. Just like tech debt, it's always tradeoffs.
_boffin_ 4y ago
Oh gosh… I feel this.