Custom Blueprints in CodeCatalyst

More AWS talk in episode 44 of DevOps Accents with Johannes Koch: https://mkdev.me/posts/the-importance-of-devops-community-with-johannes-koch-from-fico-44

Growing an engineering team without hiring? Serverless Kubernetes and IaC? Trimming Cloud costs and optimizing infrastructure? Check out our case studies to learn the stories of our clients’ success: https://mkdev.me/b/cases

Here’s how to get a free cloud cost audit from mkdev: https://mkdev.me/b/audits/free-cost-audit-landing

Cloud Cost Management has kind of taken over as the top concern for organizations. Pablo, Leo and Kirill come together to analyze the numbers from the Flexera State of the Cloud Report in episode 45 of DevOps Accents: https://mkdev.me/posts/state-of-the-cloud-report-cloud-waste-finops-and-multi-cloud-45

Managing your Google Cloud costs is essential for financial health. In our tutorial, we explore using GCP FinOps and setting up Direct VPC egress to lower Cloud Run expenses. Discover ways to optimize your spending and maintain your budget with our guide: https://mkdev.me/posts/gcp-finops-hub-the-key-to-mastering-your-finances-on-google-cloud

Is your Cloud budget getting lost in the clouds? Leo analyses cloud costs in the latest mkdev dispatch. Read it now + get the best articles from around the web + subscribe below to get the next one! https://mkdev.me/posts/is-your-cloud-budget-getting-lost-in-the-clouds-52

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Apparently you can run Kata containers EKS. Isolation and security wise, this could be a great option for many regulated environments: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/containers/enhancing-kubernetes-workload-isolation-and-security-using-kata-containers/

Leo speculates whether FinOps teams are a barrier to innovation and experimentation? Find out what Pablo and Kirill think about this in the full DevOps Accents episode: https://youtu.be/HhWK2IVePwc?si=Tdi0vqq7t0PwnJ1D

Do you agree with Kirill Shirinkin's take on FinOps teams? Share your opinion in the comments for the full conversation that we had in DevOps Accents Podcast: https://youtu.be/HhWK2IVePwc?si=FQOMY65CAihiAvuo

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Excellent selection of tools, most of them can really speed up transition to infrastructure as code. Have you tried any of them? Share your impression.

https://medium.com/@lognoroy2000/10-best-terraform-tools-to-use-in-2024-45fcd242b139

Want to take control of your AWS costs?
By implementing just 3 simple cost allocation tags, you can gain deeper insights into your cloud spending with AWS Cost Explorer. With Terraform, it's even easier to apply these tags consistently across all your resources.

A few steps you can do right now:
🔼 Use environment, workload, and name tags to organize your AWS resources.
🔼 Activate your tags in Cost Explorer for better cost tracking.
🔼 Analyze your spend and optimize!

Check out our step by step guide how to do that in this article: https://mkdev.me/posts/control-aws-costs-with-these-3-cost-allocation-tags

For more advanced optimizations, apply for our Free Cloud Cost Audit! We’ll analyze your infrastructure and uncover hidden savings. Limited spots available! Apply here: https://mkdev.me/b/audits/free-cost-audit-landing

#AWS #CloudCostOptimization #Terraform #CostManagement #CloudAudit

Cloud service providers are tricking you into spending more money! Or are they?

Pablo Inigo Sanchez shares his view on the current landscape of cloud cost optimization tools. Do you agree with him? If you're concerned about whether you're spending more than you should on your cloud infrastructure, sign up for our Free Cloud Cost Audit: https://mkdev.me/b/audits/free-cost-audit-landing

👉 Listen to the full episode of DevOps Accents where we the state of the cloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhWK2IVePwc&feature=youtu.be

In this new episode of DevOps Accents, we finally go beyond theoretical AI and ask the man behind the Gen AI startup HechicerIA and the technology that turns a simple text query into a 3D animation (check out the examples in the article or on the company's website, they are gooood). We were so impressed with the result of Álvaro Sáez's work that we decided to call him into the podcast and ask him how his GenAI tool works under the hood, what it's like to be an AI startup in 2024, whether the hype around AI helps or hinders, and what skills you need to build something like this.

If you too thought the hype around GenAi was kind of fake and unnatural and don't understand how it can even be applied to real life, then you just need to listen to this episode. We've got answers to all of those questions!

https://mkdev.me/posts/can-genai-really-be-useful-46

Dealing with high Google Cloud Run costs? Here we have two practical tips to help you save:

🔼 Committed Use Discounts: If you can commit to a certain capacity for Cloud Run over 1-3 years, you can take advantage of discounts. It’s a straightforward way to cut costs.
🔼 VPC Connections: If you’re connecting Cloud SQL to Cloud Run through a VPC, consider switching to direct egress. We helped one client reduce their costs by about 50% by making this change!

If you want more details on how to implement these tips, check out our article and a video for a step-by-step guide: https://mkdev.me/posts/2-simple-tips-to-reduce-your-google-cloud-run-costs

Guess what! We're right in the middle of our autumn 2024 travel season. We're so excited to be travelling not just to taste coffee from different parts of Europe, but also to visit industry conferences and meet new people and, of course, potential customers! When you're an expert like us, the best way to show off your skills is not on your website (even though our website is pretty cool) with some nice pictures (and our pictures are the best!), but by chatting with people. It's so important to be able to get into the heart of a business and understand its essence without the need for pre-prepared slides. It's what makes a good professional (and it's also about confidence 🙃)

In the latest mkdev dispatch newsletter, Pablo Inigo reflects on why events are so important to us. We share these thoughts every two weeks and add useful content that we have learnt from so that you can too. So subscribe: https://mkdev.me/posts/new-travel-season

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Here is Brian Grant's up-to-date list of the most important IaC tools at the moment. Definitely a good source of ideas for PoCs.

Read it here: https://itnext.io/infrastructure-as-code-landscape-overview-2024-a066124e5989
If you need help making sense of it, you know where to find us :)

The hype around AI has pros and cons that help and hurt startups developing artificial intelligence solutions. This is the view of Álvaro Sáez, CEO of a startup HechicerIA developing generative AI that turns text queries into animated 3D scenes. In the full episode, we discuss how it works and who needs it: https://mkdev.me/posts/can-genai-really-be-useful-46

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We know that being a GenAI startup can be tough. You're up against some serious competition and trying to get noticed can feel like an uphill battle. Álvaro Sáez from HechicerIA, our recent podcast guest shared some really helpful insights that we think you'll find interesting.

Do you agree with him? We'd love to hear your thoughts! You can catch the full episode here: https://mkdev.me/posts/can-genai-really-be-useful-46

If you're facing some challenges and could use a helping hand, we're here for you. Our Data and AI department is ready to lend a hand and support you in any way we can: https://mkdev.me/b/consulting#data

We caught up with Álvaro Sáez to find out what it was like developing Gen AI before all the big IT companies started offering a range of tools for it. He also shared what skills are needed to do so.


https://youtu.be/3UQf8AV2wTk

We've just published a piece on mkdev that sheds light on Google Cloud Run's CPU allocation strategies—always-on versus on-demand—and their profound impact on cloud costs. Although the differences might seem minor, they have significant implications for optimizing spending in cloud environments.

🔗 Explore the nuances and how they can affect your bottom line in our full article: https://mkdev.me/posts/google-cloud-run-always-on-vs-on-demand-cpu-allocation

👉 If you're managing cloud resources, understanding these details is crucial. Share your thoughts and experiences in the comments or join us on mkdev to discuss how you handle cloud costs!

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