jmaccabee
Re:How YipitData slashed $2.5M, or 50%, off our AWS bill
on Monday April 13, 2020 @02:56PM (#22858813)
Yeah, we found AWS to be helpful throughout the cost optimization process. If you think about it, AWS probably also benefits from happier customers with more sustainable bills since it makes them less likely to look for more cost effective alternatives. It's better for both sides from a long-term perspective
Re:How YipitData slashed $2.5M, or 50%, off our AWS bill
on Monday April 13, 2020 @02:50PM (#22858736)
We took an initial performance hit as a result of not moving everything to Ohio at once. We moved our EC2 machines first but then saw increased latency between other services like ECR (where we store our Docker images) and Kinesis Firehose that were still in Virginia, so ultimately we moved those too.
So it wasn't so much that Ohio has worse performance, but that talking to services across region does.
One note on Firehose specifically for the curious - we make requests to Firehose in Ohio, and then Firehose sends the data to S3 back in Virginia (which we didn't want to move). Normally sending data across regions is expensive, but Firehose actually absorbs the cost in sending the streams to S3. We're honestly not quite sure why, but it worked out great for our costs!
Re:How YipitData slashed $2.5M, or 50%, off our AWS bill
on Monday April 13, 2020 @02:12PM (#22858339)
We're also happy to try and answer any questions the HN community has on how we did this or why it worked for us
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Re:Ask HN: Please take these ideas and run with them
on Tuesday July 19, 2016 @12:17PM (#12122602)
What's the pain point being solved here?
Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite way to save money?
on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @05:15PM (#12082328)
I really like this idea!! Thanks
Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite way to save money?
on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @05:14PM (#12082326)
Cool idea! Thanks
Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite way to save money?
on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @04:37PM (#12082121)
Thanks! Are you interested specifically in coupons? One thing we've been brainstorming is an extension that offered a more comprehensive set of ways to save - coupons, cash back, deals, etc.
Is that something you'd be interested in?
Ask HN: What's your favorite way to save money?
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