Self-Host Postgres: Cut AWS Costs 40-60%, Not Hard
Pierce Freeman’s article “Go ahead, self-host Postgres” hit the top of Hacker News this week (621 points, 369 comments), challenging cloud vendor narratives ...
Run Your Own AI Cluster at Home: exo Cuts Cloud Costs
A new open-source project is challenging the assumption that AI infrastructure requires cloud providers and ...
Self-Hosting Postgres vs RDS: The $379/Month Lie
AWS RDS pricing hides 75-88% markups. HN debate reveals hidden costs, ops myths, and when ...
Cloud Waste Crisis: $44.5B Wasted on Unused Infrastructure in 2025
Enterprises will burn $44.5 billion on cloud infrastructure they don’t use in 2025—21% of all ...
Cloudflare Python Workers Hit 2.4x Speed, Lose Key Libraries
Cloudflare announced major Python Workers advancements on December 8, 2025, bringing NumPy, Pandas, and TensorFlow ...
Cloud Egress Fees: The $43B Tax on Moving Your Data
Cloud egress fees cost $43B annually. EU Data Act mandates abolition by 2027, but provider waivers are narrow. Alternatives like R2 eliminate fees ...
AWS Trainium4 Adopts Nvidia NVLink: Smart Strategy or Surrender?
AWS just made a strategic U-turn in the AI chip wars. At re:Invent on December ...
Cloud Waste Hits $44.5B: Why FinOps Fails Devs
Enterprises will waste $44.5 billion on cloud infrastructure in 2025. That’s not a typo, and ...
Kubernetes Overprovisioning: 82% Waste Resources
The Komodor 2025 Enterprise Kubernetes Report, published in September, revealed a systemic crisis: 82% of ...
GitHub Actions Self-Hosted Runner Tax (2025)
GitHub charges $0.002/min for self-hosted runners starting March 2026. Bills jump 778% for some teams. ...