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Cost Optimization

2 articles tagged Cost Optimization.

Jun 4, 2025·5 min read

Moving Most of Our Data from Cloud SQL to BigQuery

Cloud SQL was doing two very different jobs: application CRUD and analytical pipeline data. Moving the analytical side to BigQuery — and keeping Cloud SQL where it belongs — gave each workload a better home and a better cost model.

May 3, 2025·5 min read

I Cut GKE Costs Without Rebuilding the Platform

An over-provisioned GKE cluster, large fixed nodes sitting mostly idle — and how Node Auto-Provisioning plus honest resource requests cut the cost by roughly 50% without redesigning the platform.