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Suhas Mallesh

San Francisco, CA Joined March 2026
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Posts by suhasmallesh

suhasmallesh • • in Articles • 7 min read
AWS NAT Gateway costs $45/month each plus data fees. Here's how to slash costs by 90% using fck-nat with Terraform—full HA setup included. Quick question: Do you know how much your NAT Gateways cost? Most teams don't realize they're spending $45/m...
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suhasmallesh • • in Articles • 3 min read
From automated dev/test auto-resize to right-sizing and storage optimization—here's how to slash RDS costs with Terraform without sacrificing performance. Your RDS database is probably your second-highest AWS cost after EC2. And if you're like most...
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suhasmallesh • • in Articles • 6 min read
CloudWatch logs set to “Never Expire” can cost thousands. Here’s how to automate retention policies with Terraform and slash your logging costs by 90%. Pop quiz: When was the last time you checked your CloudWatch Logs retention settings? If you’re...
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suhasmallesh • • in Articles • 2 min read
Stop overpaying for AWS storage. Automate gp2 to gp3 migration with Terraform for instant 20% savings and better performance—zero downtime required. Here’s a question: Are you still using AWS EBS gp2 volumes? If the answer is yes, you’re literally...
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suhasmallesh • • in Articles • 5 min read
You’ve probably heard that AWS Lambda provisioned concurrency eliminates cold starts. What they don’t tell you? It can turn your $50 Lambda bill into $500+ overnight if you’re not careful. Here’s the thing: provisioned concurrency is incredibly powe...
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suhasmallesh • • in Tutorials • 4 min read
If you're storing data in AWS S3, you've probably noticed that storage costs can add up quickly. The good news? You can significantly reduce these costs by automatically moving objects that haven't been accessed in a while to cheaper storage tiers. I...
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