On this week’s episode of Screaming in the Cloud, Corey Quinn is joined by Jack Ellis. He is the technical co-founder of Fathom Analytics, a privacy-first alternative to Google Analytics. Corey and Jack talk in-depth about a wide variety of AWS services, which ones have a habit of subtly hiking the monthly bill, and why Jack has moved towards working with consultants instead of hiring a costly DevOps team. This episode is truly a deep dive into everything AWS and billing-related led by one of the best in the industry. Tune in.

Show Highlights

• (00:00) - Introduction and Background
• (00:31) - The Birth of Fathom Analytics
• (03:35) - The Surprising Cost Drivers: Lambda and CloudWatch
• (05:27) - The New Infrastructure Plan: CloudFront and WAF Logs
• (08:10) - The Unexpected Costs of CloudWatch and NAT Gateways
• (10:37) - The Importance of Efficient Data Movement
• (12:54) - The Hidden Costs of S3 Versioning
• (14:33) - The Benefits of AWS Compute Optimizer
• (17:38) - The Implications of AWS's New IPv4 Address Charges
• (18:57) - Considering On-Premise Data Centers
• (21:05) - The Economics of Cloud vs On-Premise
• (24:05) - The Role of Consultants in Cloud Management
• (31:05) - The Future of Cloud Management
• (33:20) - Closing Thoughts and Contact Information

About Jack Ellis

Technical co-founder of Fathom Analytics, the simple, privacy-first alternative to Google Analytics.

Links:

• Twitter: @JackEllis
• Website: https://usefathom.com/
• Blog Post: An alterNAT Future: We Now Have a NAT Gateway Replacement
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