Getting Started With an AWS Account: The First Hour
The setup that is quick now and awkward later: securing the login, spending alerts, region choice and first resource on Amazon Web Services.
How Cloud Billing Works, and How Bills Get Out of Hand
Cloud bills are rarely surprising because compute is expensive. They are surprising because of data transfer, forgotten resources and per-request pricing nobody modelled.
Your First Hour With a New Cloud Account
Six things to do before you deploy anything. They take under an hour and prevent the three failures that actually hurt: a surprise bill, a leaked key, and a locked-out account.
AWS vs Google Cloud vs Azure: How the Big Three Actually Differ
All three will run your workload. They differ in what they make easy, what they make expensive, and what they assume you already have.
Cloud Regions and IP Location, Explained
Region decides latency, legal exposure and which services you can even switch on. IP location is a separate thing again — and conflating them causes real problems.
What vCPU Actually Means on a Cloud Account
A vCPU is not a CPU, and two accounts with the same vCPU number can perform very differently. Here is what the figure describes and how to size against it.
How to Choose a Cloud Provider: A Framework That Survives Contact With Reality
Most provider comparisons start with feature lists. Start with your workload instead — four questions decide the platform before price ever enters the conversation.