Practical tips on technical and process strategies to optimize cloud infrastructure costs and create cultural change leading to a more cost-aware team.
From managing escalating cloud costs to achieving significant savings, this talk will cover the proven strategies Strava implemented to optimize our cloud infrastructure costs over the last 18 months. We’ll share effective approaches across networking, compute, and data storage that delivered meaningful reductions in cloud spending. Beyond the technical details, you’ll learn how we successfully aligned our engineering teams around cost optimization while maintaining focus on core product delivery. Whether you’re looking to trim cloud expenses or just build a more cost-aware engineering culture, this session provides actionable insights.
Key takeaways
- Key metrics to track cloud cost drivers and optimization progress over time
- Systematic approaches to identify and prioritize cost reduction opportunities across your tech stack
- Strategies to build cost awareness into your engineering culture without compromising overall development velocity
- A practical framework for evaluating cost-benefit tradeoffs in future-looking architectural decisionslopment velocity
