Why this exists
Infra costs grew faster than product usage. We've seen it happen repeatedly — startups with solid products watching their AWS bills spiral while usage stays flat.
We audited dozens of stacks over the past seven years. Patterns repeat: idle resources, leaky data egress, over-provisioned instances, pricey managed services nobody remembers spinning up.
The biggest waste sources are predictable. Over-provisioned compute (EC2/EKS), idle and orphaned storage (EBS, snapshots), unoptimized data transfer, and managed services sprawl.
You don't need a 50-page audit to spot the top 3 drains. Most founders can identify and fix the biggest leaks in a week if they know where to look.
This checklist gives you a focused action plan in 10 minutes. No fluff, no consulting upsells — just specific points to check.
