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Sep 10, 2026 · 17 min read ·

dev-environmentsengineeringawscloud-cost

Dev VMs instead of laptops: a remote team's first year on hardened AWS VMs

How a 20-developer remote team replaced laptops with hardened AWS VMs we run for them: about $51 a month each, minutes to onboard, no long-lived keys to leak.

Sep 4, 2026 · 6 min read ·

cloud-costfinopsawsgcp

How to audit idle VMs in AWS and GCP: where to start

Dev VMs run 168 hours a week and get used for about 45. What AWS, Google Cloud and State of FinOps 2026 say, and six questions an idle VM audit must answer.

Jul 19, 2026 · 1 min read ·

cloud-costfinopsawsgcp

Free cloud cost tools: two calculators, 135 priced instance pages

No signup: two free calculators and priced AWS & GCP instance pages to check idle cloud waste before you provision.