https://aniljaiswal.com/blog I build products and infrastructure, think about startups, and occasionally ride motorcycles. This is where I write. en-us er.anil.jaiswal@gmail.com (Anil Jaiswal) er.anil.jaiswal@gmail.com (Anil Jaiswal) Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://aniljaiswal.com/blog/how-we-cut-aws-bill-45-percent https://aniljaiswal.com/blog/how-we-cut-aws-bill-45-percent We were spending ~$30k/month on AWS. Over two quarters we cut it ~45%. Most savings were hiding in data-transfer costs nobody looks at, and several wins were cost and security fixes at once. Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT er.anil.jaiswal@gmail.com (Anil Jaiswal) AWSCost OptimizationEKSTerraformDevOpsPlatform Engineering