Introduction We used to rely on Pingdom for uptime monitoring. It worked well with simple checks, nice UI, and reliable and clean alerts. But one day, someone on our DevOps team casually said: “Hey, why are we paying for something that only pings URLs?” And that kicked off a big conversation. The Cost Wake-Up Pingdom […]
Introduction Handling AWS costs is very important for cloud bill optimizations. One overlooked service that can significantly contribute to monthly expenses is Elastic Load Balancing. Our team, which works for a global advertising management platform client, a powerhouse in advertising and connected TVs, recently undertook a major step to optimize AWS ALB costs, mainly focusing […]
Introduction Cloud cost optimization is a vast and evolving discipline, but at its core, it starts with visibility. You can’t optimize what you can’t see. So, gaining granular insight into your cloud usage and billing is the basic foundation. You’re not the only one who has ever thought, “This bill feels too high,” after seeing […]
Introduction For years, we have used Kafka in the Data Centre, then we moved to AWS and started using EC2 to run Kafka. However, the headaches increased along with our usage. We began to feel as though we were spending more time managing Kafka than creating anything of value due to broker upgrades, Zookeeper problems, […]
If you’ve ever tried to track AWS costs with just Cost Explorer and spreadsheets, you’ll know the pain. On paper it sounds simple: export some data, make a pivot table, maybe throw a chart on top. In practice? You’re stuck chasing down anomalies with five browser tabs open, three CSVs half-filtered, and a sinking feeling […]
Introduction If you have worked with databases, you might have definitely crossed paths with MySQL, and probably used mysqldump at some point. It’s a go-to utility for backing up MySQL databases. But let’s be honest — most of us use it in its basic form and forget about it. Here’s the thing: MySQLdump is way […]
Why Terraform Is a Popular Choice in the Industry In an era where businesses demand rapid scalability and resilience, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) has become essential. Among the many tools available, Terraform by HashiCorp stands out as a favorite in the industry. Whether you’re managing cloud infrastructure, automating deployments, or building hybrid environments, Terraform simplifies […]
Introduction An airline organization, once operating its Revenue Management Software (RMS) on-premise, has successfully completed the migration of this critical application to the Google Cloud Platform (GCP). RMS is central to helping the airline identify sales opportunities, maximize passenger revenue, and remain competitive by monitoring market fares in real time. The migration aimed to overcome […]
Introduction and Usecase There are times when we want Terraform to stop managing a resource, but don’t want to delete it from the infrastructure. In this brief blog, I’m going to discuss removing resources from Terraform configuration files while keeping them in real infrastructure. But why would you want to do this in the first […]