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Posted by Robin Ford on Saturday, July 19, 2025

Cost Savings and Sustainability

Byproducts of Well-Architected

Are cost and sustainability really separate items to think off? I’d argue if you do the other 4 pillars of the well-architected framework they are 90% done.

Posted by Robin Ford on Sunday, October 13, 2024

Wait! IP4 has a cost?

Why has my bill got IP costs is still talked about since AWS started charging for public IPs. This post looks at what you could do to reduce the impact of the charges.

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Posted by Robin Ford on Sunday, August 11, 2024

Don't get trapped by the elephant in the room!

Why we often get trapped by working out what something is or should be rather than getting started.

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Posted by Robin Ford on Saturday, July 27, 2024

My bill is how much‽

Follow these 5 simple steps to make sure you're not the next person to complain that you had an unexpected AWS bill.

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Posted by Robin Ford on Thursday, December 21, 2023

AWS Golden Jacket; Is it worth the race?

Why did I end up getting them all?

Getting all AWS certifications is not something I set out to achieve at the start. So why did I end up getting them all? This post takes a look at 6 reasons why you might want to consider before taking on the challenge.

Posted by Robin Ford on Thursday, August 17, 2023

AWS Well-Architected - Why so many get it wrong

How to become 'well-architected'.

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Posted by Robin Ford on Friday, July 7, 2023

You put what in a public subnet‽

Why make something public vs private

So you've split your VPC into different tiers which is great, but why did you put THAT in your public subnet and not a private one?

Posted by Robin Ford on Tuesday, April 4, 2023

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