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cloud-cost-optimization
Cut cloud spend without cutting reliability — rightsizing from utilization data, spot and commitment strategy, storage lifecycle rules, egress traps, tagging for cost attribution, unit economics per request/customer, and a monthly FinOps review loop that sticks.
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Overview
Cloud bills grow by default — every incident adds capacity "temporarily", every experiment leaves a volume behind, and nobody's sprint includes deleting things. Durable cost control is a loop with owners, not a heroic quarterly purge. This skill covers where the money actually hides and the mechanics of getting it back safely. Deep detail in references/; a tagging policy and review-meeting templat
What it covers
- Where the money is (typical SaaS bill, in fixable order)
- Rightsizing: utilization is the only argument
- Commitments and spot (the portfolio view)
- Storage lifecycle (set-and-forget savings)
- Attribution: tags make costs actionable
- The monthly loop (what makes it stick)
- Egress and Network Cost Traps