DevOps

Why Right-Sizing Is Not a One-Time Activity

Introduction If you’ve worked in production long enough, you’ve probably heard this: “Let’s right-size the services and reduce the AWS bill.” So we do it. We check CPU and memory metrics for a week. We reduce task sizes. Costs drop. Everyone’s happy. And then…. six months later, the bill increases again....

by Karandeep Singh
Tag: cloudcostmanagement
15-Mar-2026

DevOps

Designing for efficiency: How thoughtful VPC architecture reduces AWS spend

Introduction At To The New, we work with all kinds of customers from fast-moving startups to huge enterprises, and one thing is always true: Nobody likes surprises on their AWS bill, nor Anyone likes downtime. When people think of saving money in AWS, they usually jump straight to EC2 instance rightsizing or removing idle resources....

by Karandeep Singh
Tag: cloudcostmanagement
18-Jul-2025