Breakup letter: Dear AWS Credits, it’s not you, it’s waste
Credits are runway, not permission to torch infrastructure discipline — here’s how to stretch them.
AWS credits buy experimentation time, not waste. To make them last:
- Treat credits as cash and forecast the depletion date weekly.
- Right-size dev/test fleets using auto-stop and cheap instance families.
- Archive build artifacts after 14 days unless compliance says otherwise.
- Keep reserved instances flexible so when credits disappear you’re covered.
Do that and your next fundraising update won’t include an apology to your investors or Jeff Bezos.
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